Most items in structured risk assessment instruments do not predict violence

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-21

  Coid, Jeremy W ^a   Yang, Min ^b   Ullrich, Simone ^a   Zhang, Tianqiang ^a   Sizmur, Steve ^c   Farrington, David ^d   Rogers, Robert ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c PICKER INSTITUTE EUROPE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Predictive items; Risk assessment; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; HISTORICAL CLINICAL RISK MANAGEMENT 20; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST REVISED; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE RISK APPRAISAL GUIDE;

EID: 79951847229     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2010.495990     Document Type: Article

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