Underreporting of Crime-Related Content and the Prediction of Criminal Recidivism Among Violent Offenders

Psychological Services

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Kroner, Daryl G ^a   Mills, Jeremy F ^b   Morgan, Robert D ^c  

^a Pittsburgh Pediatric Research   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

criminal prediction; self report; underreporting; violent offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548863392     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.4.2.85     Document Type: Article

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