Angry inmates are violent inmates: A poisson regression approach to youthful offenders

Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 419-439

  Delisi, Matt ^a   Caudill, Jonathan W ^b   Trulson, Chad R ^c   Marquart, James W ^d   Vaughn, Michael G ^e   Beaver, Kevin M ^f  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Inmate; Institutional misconduct; Poisson regression; Prison violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL MISCONDUCT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78149367501     PISSN: 15228932     EISSN: 15229092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2010.489861     Document Type: Article

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