Gender-Specific Childhood Risk Assessment Tools: Early Assessment Risk Lists for Boys (EARL-20B) and Girls (EARL-21G)

Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 43-62

  Augimeri, Leena K ^a   Enebrink, Pia ^b   Walsh, Margaret ^a   Jiang, Depeng ^c  

^a Child Development Institute Toronto   (Canada)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85137498110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203843666-9     Document Type: Chapter

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