Assessing risk for violence in adolescents who have sexually offended: A comparison of the J-SOAP-II, J-SORRAT-II, and SAVRY

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-23

  Viljoen, Jodi L ^a   Scalora, Mario ^b   Cuadra, Lorraine ^b   Bader, Shannon ^b   Chávez, Verónica ^b   Ullman, Daniel ^c   Lawrence, Lisa ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Lincoln Regional Center   (United States)

^d WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Juvenile; Risk assessment; Sex offending; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349061821     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807307521     Document Type: Article

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