Sexual offenders in preventive detention: Data concerning the inmates and expert witness practice

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-384

  Habermeyer, Elmar ^a   Passow, Daniel ^a   Puhlmann, Peter ^a   Vohs, Knut ^a   Herpertz, Sabine ^a  

^a Department of Psychiatry und Psychotherapy ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Criminal prognosis; Sexual offenders; Sexual Violence Risk " 20; Static 99

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; DETENTION; HUMAN; PRISONER; PROGNOSIS; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; WITNESS;

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GERMANY; HUMANS; PRISONERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 68149159269     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X08316152     Document Type: Article

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