The predictive validity of the level of service inventory-Ontario revision on general and violent recidivism among various offender groups

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 150-181

  Girard, Lina ^a,c   Wormith, J Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Program Effectiveness   (Canada)

Author keywords

Level of Service Inventory; LSI; Offender risk assessment; Predictive validity; Recidivism prediction; Special offender groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642398579     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854803261335     Document Type: Review

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