A Field Study of a Comprehensive Violence Risk Assessment Battery

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 952-968

  Neal, Tess M S ^a   Miller, Sarah L ^b   Shealy, R Clayton ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

anger; field study; incremental validity; recidivism; risk assessment; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938944913     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854815572252     Document Type: Article

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