Reliability of sexually violent predator civil commitment criteria in Florida

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-368

  Levenson, Jill S ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

civil commitment; DSM IV diagnosis; inter rater reliability; risk assessment; Sex offender; sexual predator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARAPHILIAS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SADISM; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 4444338939     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAHU.0000039330.22347.ad     Document Type: Article

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