Issues surrounding the risk assessment of sexual offenders with an intellectual disability

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 353-358

  Lambrick, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EXHIBITIONISM; FETISHISM; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0348050541     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.2003.10.2.353     Document Type: Article

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