Using 88 studies from 1980 to 2006, a meta-analysis compares risk instruments and other psychological measures on their ability to predict general (primarily nonsexual) violence in adults.
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The Prediction of Violence in Adult Offenders: A Meta-Analytic Comparison on Instruments and Methods of Assessment (2009)
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