PREDICTIVE EFFICACY OF VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS IN LATIN-AMERICA

In Latin America, violence risk assessment used to be based in the non-structured clinical approach. An Argentinian cohort study that included violence risk assessment tools changed the tradition. The objective of this study is to inform of the observed predictive efficacy of these tools in the foll...

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Main Author: Jorge Oscar Folino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Española de Psicología Jurídica y Forense 2015-07-01
Series:European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context
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Online Access:http://ejpalc.elsevier.es/en/predictive-efficacy-of-violence-risk/articulo/90433198/#.VZVsa_ntmko