Predictive validity of dynamic factors: Assessing violence risk in forensic psychiatric inpatients

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 377-388

  Wilson, Catherine M ^a,c   Desmarais, Sarah L ^b   Nicholls, Tonia L ^a,c,d   Hart, Stephen D ^a,e   Brink, Johann ^a,c,d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Forensic Psychiatric Hospital   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

dynamic factors; HCR 20; inpatient aggression; START; violence risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; CRIMINALS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84889565250     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000025     Document Type: Article

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