Towards a guide to best practice in conducting actuarial risk assessments with sex offenders

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 278-293

  Craig, Leam A ^a,b   Beech, Anthony R ^b  

^a FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuarial risk scales; Best practice; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; LAW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL CRIME; VALIDITY;

EID: 77953285467     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2010.01.007     Document Type: Review

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