Assessment of reoffense risk in adolescents who have committed sexual offenses: Predictive validity of the ERASOR, PCL:YV, YLS/CMI, and Static-99

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 981-1000

  Viljoen, Jodi L ^a   Elkovitch, Natasha ^b   Scalora, Mario J ^b   Ullman, Daniel ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Lincoln Regional Center   (United States)

Author keywords

ERASOR; Juvenile offender; PCL:YV; Risk assessment; Sex offense; YLS CMI

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350054256     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809340991     Document Type: Article

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