A dynamic assessment of offender risk, needs, and strengths in a sample of pre-release general offenders

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 767-782

  Miller, Holly A ^a  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OFFENDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; RECURRENCE RISK; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846581991     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.728     Document Type: Article

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