Assessment of sex offenders: Lessons learned from the assessment of non-sex offenders

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 989, Issue , 2003, Pages 185-197

  Serin, Ralph C ^a   Mailloux, Donna L ^a  

^a Correctional Service of Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Criminogenic need; Performance based measures; Schemas; Sex offender

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINOLOGY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL CRIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0038727878     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07305.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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