The prediction of criminal recidivism: The implication of sampling in prognostic models

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-134

  Urbaniok, Frank ^a   Endrass, Jérôme ^a   Rossegger, Astrid ^a,d   Noll, Thomas ^a   Gallo, William T ^b   Angst, Jules ^c  

^a Psychiatric Psychological Service   (Switzerland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Psychiatrisch Psychologischer Dienst   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actuarial instruments; Risk assessment; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PROGNOSIS; RECIDIVISM; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; CRIME; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34247175011     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-006-0678-y     Document Type: Article

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