Beyond prediction to explanation in risk assessment research: A comparison of two explanatory theories of criminality and recidivism

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 91-112

  Krauss, Daniel A ^a   Sales, Bruce D ^a   Becker, Judith V ^a   Figueredo, A J ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MATING; MODEL; PREDICTION; PROBATION; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; VIOLENCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ARIZONA; CRIME; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTION (GENETICS); SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034603305     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(99)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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