Predictive and Incremental Validity of the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide Scores With Male and Female Jail Inmates

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 174-183

  Hastings, Mark E ^a,b   Krishnan, Shilpa ^a   Tangney, June P ^a   Stuewig, Jeffrey ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Loudoun County Mental Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Inmates; Recidivism; Validity; Violence Risk Appraisal Guide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISCONDUCT; PREDICTION; PRISONER; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY; VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE RISK APPRAISAL GUIDE SCORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRISONERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952598583     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021290     Document Type: Article

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