Results by design: The artefactual construction of high recidivism rates for sex offenders

Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-93

  Webster, Cheryl Marie ^a   Gartner, Rosemary ^b   Doob, Anthony N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33645339808     PISSN: 17077753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ccj.2006.0013     Document Type: Review

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