Violence prediction and risk analysis: Empirical advances and guidelines

Journal of Threat Assessment

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1-39

  Hall, Harold V ^a  

^a Pacific Institute for the Study of Conflict and Aggression   (United States)

Author keywords

Risk analysis; Violence prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886525073     PISSN: 15332608     EISSN: 15332616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J177v01n03_01     Document Type: Article

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