PCL-R field validity in prison and hospital settings

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 29-43

  Jeandarme, Inge ^a   Edens, John F ^b   Habets, Petra ^a   Bruckers, Liesbeth ^c   Oei, Karel ^d   Bogaerts, Stefan ^d  

^a Knowledge Center Forensic Psychiatric Care (KeFor)   (Belgium)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

field validity; forensic psychiatric patient; interrater reliability; PCL R; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CHECKLIST; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRISON; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

BELGIUM; CHECKLIST; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85003890197     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000222     Document Type: Article

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