"Taking down the straw man" or building a house of straw? Validity, equity, and the custody rating scale

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 631-638

  Webster, Cheryl Marie ^a   Doob, Anthony N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244246690     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjccj.46.5.631     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Blanchette, Kelley and Laurence L. Motiuk 2004 Taking down the straw man: A reply to Webster and Doob. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 46: 621-630.
2. Blanchette, Kelley, Paul Verbrugge, and Cherami Wichmann 2002 The Custody Rating Scale, Initial Security Level Placement, and Women Offenders. Ottawa: Research Branch, Correctional Service of Canada.
3. Canadian Human Rights Commission 2003 Protecting Their Rights: A Systemic Review of Human Rights in Correctional Services for Federally Sentenced Women, http://www.chrc_ccdp.ca/legislation_policies/consultation_report_en.asp
4. Hoyle, Rick H., Monica J. Harris, and Charles M. Judd 2002 Research Methods in Social Relations, 7th ed. Wandsworth, UK: Thomson Learning.
5. Kane, Thomas R. 1986 The validity of prison classification: An introduction to practical considerations and research issues. Crime and Delinquency 32: 367-390.
6. Research Branch, Correctional Service of Canada 2003 Correctional research in support of key strategic challenges and outcomes. Forum on Correctional Research 15(2): 10-16.
7. Webster, Cheryl Marie and Anthony N. Doob 2004 Classification without validity or equity: An empirical examination of the Custody Rating Scale for federally sentenced women offenders in Canada. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 46: 395-422.