HCR-20 violence risk assessments as a guide for treating and managing violence risk in a forensic psychiatric setting

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 733-743

  Pedersen, Liselotte ^a,b   Ramussen, Kirsten ^c   Elsass, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Centre St Hans   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

forensic clinical practice; HCR 20; structured professional judgement; violence risk assessment; violent recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864663399     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2010.548814     Document Type: Article

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