Assessment of risk for criminal recidivism among rapists: A comparison of four different measures

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-40

  Sjöstedt, Gabrielle ^a   Långström, Niklas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Criminality; PCL R; Risk assessment; RRASOR; Sexual offending; SVR 20; VRAG

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036004716     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160208401807     Document Type: Article

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