Predictive validity of the SVR-20 and Static-99 in a Dutch sample of treated sex offenders

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-251

  De Vogel, Vivienne ^a,e   De Ruiter, Corine ^b,c   Van Beek, Daan ^a   Mead, Gwen ^d  

^a Dr Henri Van der Hoeven Kliniek   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Dr Henri Van der Hoeven Kliniek ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Sexual recidivism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECIDIVISM; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIOLENCE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FORECASTING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PRISONER; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAPE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FORECASTING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRISONERS; PROBABILITY; RAPE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 3442886627     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAHU.0000029137.41974.eb     Document Type: Article

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