Predicting the likelihood of future sexual recidivism: Pilot study findings from a California sex offender risk project and cross-validation of the static-99

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 454-468

  Sreenivasan, Shoba ^a,g   Garrick, Thomas ^b   Norris, Randall ^c   Cusworth Walker, Sarah ^d   Weinberger, Linda E ^a   Essres, Garrett ^c   Turner, Susan ^e   Fain, Terry ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRISON; PSYCHOPATHY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECIDIVISM; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 38049074891     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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