Is prison sexual offending indicative of community risk?

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 892-908

  Heil, Peggy ^a   Harrison, Linda ^b   English, Kim ^b   Ahlmeyer, Sean ^c  

^a Clinical Services   (United States)

^b Grand Junction Forensic Science Laboratory   (United States)

^c California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation   (United States)

Author keywords

In prison sex offenders; Institutional sex offenders; Institutional sex offenses; Prison misconduct; Prison rape; Sex offender recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249140616     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809338989     Document Type: Article

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