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| Tonia L NichollsSummaryAffiliation: Simon Fraser University Country: Canada Publications
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Assessing risk for violence among male and female civil psychiatric patients: the HCR-20, PCL:SV, and VSCTonia L Nicholls
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Behav Sci Law 22:127-58. 2004..It is concluded that the VSC is a promising tool for assessing acute inpatient violence risk with men. Findings offer preliminary validation of the predictive validity of the HCR-20 and PCL:SV with female civil psychiatric patients...- Intimate partner abuse of older men: considerations for the assessment of riskKim A Reeves
Simon Fraser University, Department of Psychology, British Columbia, Canada
J Elder Abuse Negl 19:7-27, table of contents. 2007..Implications and future research directions are discussed with regard to the application of risk assessment technology to this context... 
Mentally ill individuals in limbo: obstacles and opportunities for providing psychiatric services to corrections inmates with mental illnessMaureen C Olley
Mental Health Services, British Columbia Corrections, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Behav Sci Law 27:811-31. 2009..imPROVE and related programs and strategies have been found to be effective means of preventing these opportunities from being lost...- Psychopathy in women: a review of its clinical usefulness for assessing risk for aggression and criminalityTonia L Nicholls
British Columbia Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Behav Sci Law 23:779-802. 2005.... - Perceptions of motives in intimate partner violence: expressive versus coercive violenceJohn Hamel
Violence Vict 22:563-76. 2007..In contrast, men did not differ in their ratings of male versus female perpetration. Implications are discussed with respect to the assessment and treatment of partner violence... - Of mice and men: will the intersection of social science and genetics create new approaches for intimate partner violence?Patricia A Janssen
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia
J Interpers Violence 20:61-71. 2005..There is a need to push the boundaries of research on intimate partner violence by adopting biosocial approaches to understand its causes... - Gender and psychopathy: an overview of important issues and introduction to the special issueTonia L Nicholls
British Columbia Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, Port Coquitlam, Canada
Behav Sci Law 23:729-41. 2005..In this paper we provide an overview of some of the pressing issues confronting clinicians and researchers and provide an introduction to this special issue dedicated to gender and psychopathy... - The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START): a prospective validation study in a forensic psychiatric sampleTonia L Nicholls
British Columbia Mental Health and Addictions, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Assessment 13:313-27. 2006..Results revealed high rates of generally low-level adverse events. With some exceptions, START scores were meaningfully associated with outcomes measured by a modified Overt Aggression Scale... - Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START): The case for a new structured professional judgment schemeChristopher D Webster
Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, British Columbia Mental Health and Addiction Services, University of Toronto Simon Fraser University, Canada
Behav Sci Law 24:747-66. 2006....