Validity of the level of service inventory-revised (LSI-R) among African American and hispanic male offenders

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-554

  Schlager, Melinda D ^a   Simourd, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Volunteers of America Delaware Valley   (United States)

Author keywords

African American offenders; Community corrections; Hispanic offenders; LSI R; Risk needs assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947706153     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806296039     Document Type: Article

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