Utility of the revised Level of Service Inventory (LSI-R) in predicting recidivism after long-term incarceration

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 477-488

  Manchak, Sarah M ^a   Skeem, Jennifer Lynne ^a   Douglas, Kevin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

LSI R; Recidivism; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; PREDICTION; PRISON; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 55949091536     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9118-4     Document Type: Article

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