Violent sex offenses: How are they best measured from official records?

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 525-541

  Rice, Marnie E ^a   Harris, Grant T ^a   Lang, Carol ^a   Cormier, Catherine ^a  

^a Mental Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Sex offenders; Sexual recidivism; Violent recidivism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; POLICE; PREDICTION; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR; STRANGULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; RECORDS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33747076666     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9022-3     Document Type: Article

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