Victorias Serious Sex Offenders Monitoring Act 2005: Implications for the accuracy of sex offender risk assessment

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-198

  Wood, Melisa ^a   Ogloff, James R P ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Thomas Embling Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; LAW; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846147335     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.13.2.182     Document Type: Review

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