Recidivism Risk Assessments: Making Sense of Controversies

Sexual Offender Treatment: Controversial Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-15

  Doren, Dennis M ^a  

^a Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil commitment determinations; Offender's freedom; Parole board decisions; Risk assessment; Sexual offender

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249093280     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713457.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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