The Validity and Reliability of the Violence Risk Scale-Youth Version in a Diverse Sample of Violent Young Offenders

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 114-138

  Stockdale, Keira C ^a   Olver, Mark E ^a   Wong, Stephen C P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

prediction; static and dynamic variables; violent recidivism; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889653301     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813496999     Document Type: Article

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