Discriminative and predictive validity of the penile plethysmograph in adolescent sex offenders

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 335-362

  Clift, Robert J W ^a   Rajlic, Gordana ^a   Gretton, Heather M ^a  

^a Youth Forensic Psychiatric Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Discriminative validity; Penile plethysmograph; Phallometric assessment; Predictive validity; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHILD; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349218929     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1079063209338491     Document Type: Article

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