The generalizability of the LSI-R and the cat to the prediction of recidivism in female offenders

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1044-1056

  Folsom, Jean ^a   Atkinson, Jill L ^b  

^a Regional Treatment Centre   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood and Adolescent Taxon Scale (CAT); Female offenders; Level of Service Inventory Revised (LSI R); Recidivism; Risk assessment; Self report measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547214761     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807300097     Document Type: Article

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