Risk/needs assessment: Is this the best we can do?

Federal Probation

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 38-42

  VanBenschoten, Scott ^a  

^a Administrative Office of the US Courts   (United States)

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EID: 62149151649     PISSN: 00149128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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