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Prevalence and profile of reactive and instrumental violent offenders / prepared by Dena Derkzen.: PS82-4/16-22E-PDF

"Previous research has distinguished two groups of violent offender subtypes: reactive violent offenders (RVOs) and instrumental violent offenders (IVOs); the former’s violence occurring in response to perceived provocation and the latter’s being primarily goal-directed. This analysis examined the prevalence and the profiles of IVOs and RVOs within a sample of federally-incarcerated violent offenders"--Why we did this study.

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Department/Agency
  • Correctional Service Canada. Research Branch.
TitlePrevalence and profile of reactive and instrumental violent offenders / prepared by Dena Derkzen.
Series title
  • Research in brief ; no. 16-22
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Prévalence et profil des délinquants violents ayant recours à la violence réactionnelle et instrumentale.
  • Caption title.
  • "July 2017."
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Correctional Service Canada, 2017.
Author / Contributor
  • Derkzen, Dena.
Description[1] p.
Catalogue number
  • PS82-4/16-22E-PDF
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