Mental Illness, Violence, and Risk Assessment: An Evidence-Based Review

Arthur J. Lurigio; Andrew John Rawson Harris

doi:10.1080/15564880903260561

Mental Illness, Violence, and Risk Assessment: An Evidence-Based Review

Arthur J. Lurigio
, Andrew John Rawson Harris

Department of Psychology

University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Original language	American English
Journal	Victims & Offenders
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15564880903260561
State	Published - Sep 30 2009

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Psychology
Psychiatry

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