Risk assessment and offender-victim relationship in juvenile offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-443

  Lusignan, Richard ^a   Marleau, Jacques D ^a  

^a Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

HCR 20; Juvenile offenders; Offender victim relationship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSON; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHECKLIST; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEFT; THREAT; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CRIME VICTIMS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34447327213     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06294135     Document Type: Article

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