Can violent (re)offense be predicted? a review of the role of the clinician and use of actuarial tests in light of new data

Psychological Reports

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 247-277

  Zagar, Robert John ^a   Busch, Kenneth G ^b   Grove, William M ^c   Hughes, John Russell ^d  

^a Consultant to Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County ^*  (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 66849104590     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.104.1.247-277     Document Type: Article

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