Rediscovering quetelet, again: The "aging" offender and the prediction of reoffending in a sample of adult sex offenders

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 827-856

  Lussier, Patrick ^a   Healey, Jay ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Cox regression; Onset; Recidivism; Risk assessment; Sex offender; Static 99; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350755548     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820802593360     Document Type: Article

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