The Predictive Validity of Risk Assessment with Violent Young Offenders: A 1-Year Examination of Criminal Outcome

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 688-708

  Catchpole, Rosalind E H ^a   Gretton, Heather M ^a  

^a Youth Forensic Psychiatric Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Criminality; Prediction; Psychopathy; Risk assessment; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242550745     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854803256455     Document Type: Article

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