Classification Accuracy of Actuarial Risk Assessment Instruments

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-153

  Neller, Daniel J ^a   Frederick, Richard I ^b  

^a Independent Practice   (United States)

^b Independent Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84874348303     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2047     Document Type: Article

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