Sex offender risk assessment: Consideration of human rights in community protection legislation

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-256

  Vess, James ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; WELFARE;

EID: 50849110539     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532507X269804     Document Type: Article

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