The predictive ability of the Classification of Violence Risk (COVR) in a forensic psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 430-433

  McDermott, Barbara E ^a   Dualan, Isah V ^a   Scott, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BATTERING; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION OF VIOLENCE RISK; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 79953673261     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.4.pss6204_0430     Document Type: Article

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