Assessment of risk for violent recidivism through multivariate bayesian classification

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 418-450

  Mokros, Andreas ^a   Stadtland, Cornelis ^b   Osterheider, Michael ^a   Nedopil, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bayes; HCR 20; PCL R; Risk assessment; Violent recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549283122     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021312     Document Type: Article

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