Predicting violent infractions in a Swiss state penitentiary: A replication study of the PCL-R in a population of sex and violent offenders

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Endrass, Jérôme ^a   Rossegger, Astrid ^a   Urbaniok, Frank ^a   Laubacher, Arja ^a   Vetter, Stefan ^b  

^a Criminal Justice System   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST REVISED; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL CRIME; SWITZERLAND; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX OFFENSES; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52449117462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-8-74     Document Type: Article

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