Validity of the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol-II (J-Soap-II) in a sample of urban minority youth

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1284-1295

  Martinez, Ricardo ^a   Flores, Jacqueline ^b   Rosenfeld, Barry ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

J SOAP II; Juvenile sex offender; Recidivism; Risk assessment; Sex offense

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748910594     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807301791     Document Type: Article

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