Assessing risk of reoffending in adolescents who have committed a sexual offense: The accuracy of clinical judgments after completion of risk assessment instruments

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 511-528

  Elkovitch, Natasha ^a   Viljoen, Jodi L ^b   Scalora, Mario J ^a   Ullman, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Lincoln Regional Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHIBITIONISM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OFFENDER; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 51349165801     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.832     Document Type: Article

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