Psychosexual characteristics of sexual offenders and the relationship to sexual reconviction

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-243

  Craig, Leam A ^a,b   Browne, Kevin D ^b,c   Beech, Anthony ^b   Stringer, Ian ^a,b  

^a FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

MSI; Predictive accuracy; Receiver operating characteristic; Sex offenders; Sexual reconviction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744988988     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160500151084     Document Type: Article

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