The psychological assessment of risk for crime and violence

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 172-182

  Karl Hanson, R ^a  

^a PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Recidivism; Risk assessment violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949105276     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015726     Document Type: Article

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