Afterword

Date

2014

Citation

John T. Monahan, Afterword, in Violence Risk Assessment and Management: Advances Through Structured Professional Judgement and Sequential Redirections, Wiley Blackwell, 195–199 (2 ed. 2014).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

John T. Monahan

Center for Criminal Justice

Center for the Study of Race and Law

Health Law

Center for Empirical Studies in Law

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