More Evidence for the Validity of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire for Predicting Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 709-721

  Loza, Wagdy ^a,b   Loza Fanous, Amel ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Carleton University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Offender recidivism; Predictive validity over 5 years; Self Appraisal Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242467259     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854803256448     Document Type: Article

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