Sexually violent predators: The risky enterprise of risk assessment

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 523-528

  Rogers, Richard ^a   Jackson, Rebecca L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE;

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; VOLITION;

EID: 29444445982     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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