The Measures of Criminal Attitudes and Associates (MCAA) - The prediction of general and violent recidivism

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 717-733

  Mills, Jeremy F ^a,b   Kroner, Daryl G ^c   Hemmati, Toni ^a  

^a Bath Institution   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Pittsburgh Institution   (Canada)

Author keywords

Associates; Attitudes; Offender prediction; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044289432     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854804268755     Document Type: Review

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