Violence risk assessment: Principles and models bridging prediction to management

Violent and Sexual Offenders: Assessment, Treatment and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-26

  Lavoie, Jennifer A A ^a,b   Guy, Laura S ^a   Douglas, Kevin S ^a,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BC Mental Health & Addiction Services   (Canada)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84919504103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203722404     Document Type: Chapter

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