Inferring predictors of risk: Sex offenders

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 225-232

  Grubin, Don ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0030769503     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540269775439     Document Type: Review

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