Savry risk assessment in violent dutch adolescents: Relation to sentencing and recidivism

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 696-709

  Lodewijks, Henny P B ^a,d   Doreleijers, Theo A H ^b   De Ruiter, Corine ^c  

^a Rentray Juvenile Correctional and Treatment Facility

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Predictive validity; Risk assessment; SAVRY; Sentencing; Youth violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949135197     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808316146     Document Type: Article

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