Avoiding garbage in sex offender re-offense risk assessment: A case study

Journal of Threat Assessment

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 73-92

  DeClue, Gregory ^a  

^a American Academy of Forensic Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial; Civil commitment; Guided clinical; Prediction; Recidivism; Risk assessment; Sex offender

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444437150     PISSN: 15332608     EISSN: 15332616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J177v02n02_05     Document Type: Article

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