The role of the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide and Historical, Clinical, Risk-20 in U.S. courts: A case law survey

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-391

  Vitacco, Michael J ^a   Erickson, Steven K ^b   Kurus, Samantha ^c   Apple, Brian N ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b California State University ^*

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d East Central Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Legal proceedings; Risk assessment; VRAG, HCR 20

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874685599     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025834     Document Type: Article

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