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Violence Risk Assessment Practices in Denmark: A Multidisciplinary National Survey

Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science
Volume 21 (2015): Issue 2 (December 2015)
By: Louise Hjort Nielsen,  Sarah van Mastrigt,  Randy K. Otto,  Katharina Seewald,  Corine de Ruiter,  Martin Rettenberger,  Kim A. Reeves,  Maria Fransisca Rebocho,  Thierry H. Pham,  Robyn Mei Yee Ho,  Martin Grann,  Verónica Godoy-Cervera,  Jorge O. Folino,  Michael Doyle,  Sarah L. Desmarais,  Carolina Condemarin,  Karin Arbach-Lucioni and  Jay P. Singh  
Open Access
|Dec 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjfs-2015-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2353-0707
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Language: English
Page range: 103 - 110
Published on: Dec 17, 2015
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Risk assessment,
violence,
multidisciplinary survey,
forensic psychiatry,
HCR-20,
START,
PCL-R,
PCL-SV
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Clinical medicine, other

© 2015 Louise Hjort Nielsen, Sarah van Mastrigt, Randy K. Otto, Katharina Seewald, Corine de Ruiter, Martin Rettenberger, Kim A. Reeves, Maria Fransisca Rebocho, Thierry H. Pham, Robyn Mei Yee Ho, Martin Grann, Verónica Godoy-Cervera, Jorge O. Folino, Michael Doyle, Sarah L. Desmarais, Carolina Condemarin, Karin Arbach-Lucioni, Jay P. Singh, published by Sciendo
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