Recidivism among male juvenile sexual offenders in Western Australia

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 359-378

  Allan, Alfred ^a   Allan, Maria M ^a   Marshall, Peter ^b   Kraszlan, Katalin ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Department of Justice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AUSTRALIA; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCEST; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; RACE; RAPE; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; THEFT;

EID: 0346159002     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.2003.10.2.359     Document Type: Article

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