The etiology of risk: A preliminary model

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-284

  Ward, Tony ^a   Beech, Anthony R ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse history; Acute dynamic risk; Attachment; Dynamic risk; Sexual offender(s); Stable dynamic risk; Static risk; Theories of sexual offending

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHARACTER STATE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; RAPE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; RAPE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11844290240     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SEBU.0000043323.75071.5f     Document Type: Article

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