Risk assessment in offenders with intellectual disability: A comparison across three levels of security

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-111

  Lindsay, William R ^a,f   Hogue, Todd E ^b   Taylor, John L ^c   Steptoe, Lesley ^a   Mooney, Paul ^d   O'Brien, Gregory ^c   Johnston, Susan ^d   Smith, Anne H W ^e  

^a The State Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c Northgate Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^f Clinical Psychology Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Offenders; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; OFFENDER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; COMORBIDITY; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECURITY MEASURES; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 37848998578     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07308111     Document Type: Article

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