@article{ref1,
title="Psychometric evaluation of the Risk Appraisal Guide (RAG): A tool for assessing violent recidivism",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="1997",
author="Loza, Wagdy and Dhaliwal, Gurmeet K.",
volume="12",
number="6",
pages="779-793",
abstract="The Risk Appraisal Guide (RAG) is a recently developed assessment instrument for predicting violent behavior of mentally disordered male offenders. The aim of this research was to investigate some of the psychometric properties of the RAG with a nonmentally disordered offender population. Subjects consisted of 136 federally sentenced Canadian male offenders who had not been diagnosed with a mental disorder. The results indicated the reliability and the concurrent validity of the RAG for assessing violent behavior of federally incarcerated, non-mentally disordered male offenders. Further research requires a determination of the predictive validity of the RAG with these offenders.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/088626097012006001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/088626097012006001"
}