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violence risk assessment  

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  • Violence risk assessment is a decision-making task that transpires in numerous legal and clinical settings in which the possibility of a person's future violent behavior is of concern. Common contexts in which violence risk assessment occurs include involuntary civil commitment, release from prison or forensic hospital, sentencing, transfer of youths to adult court, and sexually violent predator determinations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Violence Risk Assessment]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JBL2XJPZ-R

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