Predicting recidivism in sex offenders using the SVR-20: The contribution of age-at-release

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-64

  Barbaree, Howard E ^a   Langton, Calvin M ^a   Blanchard, Ray ^b   Boer, Douglas P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 64549121883     PISSN: 14999013     EISSN: 19329903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14999013.2008.9914403     Document Type: Article

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