Assessing recidivism risk across female pathways to crime

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 384-405

  Reisig, Michael D ^a   Holtfreter, Kristy ^a   Morash, Merry ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community corrections; LSI R; Recidivism; Risk; Women offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747792739     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820600869152     Document Type: Article

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