Juvenile risk assessment scale (JRAS): A predictive validity study

Journal of Psychiatry and Law

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-539

  Hiscox, Sean P ^a   Witt, Philip H ^b   Haran, Steven J ^b  

^a Associates in Psychological Services PA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; COURT; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 44649178260     PISSN: 00931853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009318530703500406     Document Type: Review

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