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Some Refinements in the Measurement and Prediction of Dangerous Behavior

NCJ Number
81804
Journal
American Journal of Psychiatry Volume: 131 Issue: 9 Dated: (September 1974) Pages: 1012-1014
Author(s)
J J Cocozza; H J Steadman
Date Published
1974
Length
3 pages
Annotation
Recent analyses of data on the Baxstrom patients resulted in some refinements in the authors' measurement of dangerous behavior and the finding that two factors, particularly in combination, were highly related to subsequent arrest and dangerous behavior.
Abstract
The authors discuss the implications of this finding for the prediction of dangerous behavior and the need for additional research. (Publisher abstract)

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