Predicting criminal recidivism in adult male offenders: Researcher versus parole officer assessment of dynamic risk

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 860-882

  Jones, Natalie J ^a   Brown, Shelley L ^a   Zamble, Edward ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Criminal recidivism; Dynamic risk reassessment; Parole officer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954569376     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854810368924     Document Type: Article

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