Prospective actuarial risk assessment: A comparison of five risk assessment instruments in different sexual offender subtypes

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-186

  Eher, Reinhard ^a,d   Rettenberger, Martin ^a   Matthes, Anna ^b   Boer, Douglas P ^c  

^a Fed Docum Ctr Sexual Offenders   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actuarial instrument; Recidivism; Risk assessment; Sexual offenders; Sexual offending

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952341875     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X08328755     Document Type: Article

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