Structured Professional Judgment Guidelines for Sexual Violence Risk Assessment: The Sexual Violence Risk-20 (SVR-20) and Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP)

Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 269-294

  Hart, Stephen D ^a   Boer, Douglas P ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85137519682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203843666-20     Document Type: Chapter

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