Accuracy of the static-99 in predicting recidivism in Switzerland

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 482-490

  Endrass, Jerome ^a   Urbaniok, Frank ^a   Held, Leonhard ^b   Vetter, Stefan ^c   Rossegger, Astrid ^a  

^a Criminal Justice System   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Center for Disaster and Military Psychiatry   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calibration; Recidivism; Sex offender; Static 99; Switzerland; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRY; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL CRIME; STATIC 99; SWITZERLAND; VALIDITY; VIOLENCE;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 68149164837     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07312952     Document Type: Article

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