The Short- to Medium-Term Predictive Accuracy of Static and Dynamic Risk Assessment Measures in a Secure Forensic Hospital

Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-241

  Chu, Chi Meng ^a,b   Thomas, Stuart D M ^b,c   Ogloff, James R P ^b,c   Daffern, Michael ^b,c  

^a Ministry of Community Development   (Singapore)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

forensic psychiatric patients; inpatient aggression; institution; predictive validity; receiver operating characteristics; violence risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875285393     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191111418298     Document Type: Article

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