Actuarial assessment of sex offender recidivism risk: A cross-validation of the RRASOR and the Static-99 in Sweden

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 629-645

  Sjöstedt, Gabrielle ^a   Långström, Niklas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX OFFENSES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035657032     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012758307983     Document Type: Article

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