An examination of the generalizability of the LSI-R and vrag probability bins

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 565-585

  Mills, Jeremy F ^a,d   Jones, Michael N ^b   Kroner, Daryl G ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Pittsburgh Institution   (Canada)

^d Bath Institution   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Offenders; Risk; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444525642     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854805278417     Document Type: Review

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