Allegiance or fidelity? A clarifying reply

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-89

  Harris, Grant T ^a   Rice, Marnie E ^a   Quinsey, Vernon L ^b  

^a Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; SORAG; Violence risk assessment; VRAG

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951611949     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2850.2009.01197.x     Document Type: Article

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