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Published Online: September 1974

Some Refinements in the Measurement and Prediction of Dangerous Behavior

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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Recent analyses of data on the Baxstrom patients1 resuited 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. The authors discuss the implications of this finding for the prediction of dangerous behavior and the need for additional research.

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American Journal of Psychiatry
Pages: 1012 - 1014
PubMed: 4415837

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Published in print: September 1974
Published online: 12 February 2015

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JOSEPH J. COCOZZA
Senior Research Scientist in Sociology, Mental Health Research Unit, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 44 Holland Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12208
HENRY J. STEADMAN
Senior Research Scientist in Sociology, Mental Health Research Unit, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, 44 Holland Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12208

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