Level of service inventory-revised: Assessing the risk and need characteristics of Australian Indigenous offenders

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-367

  Hsu, Ching I ^a   Caputi, Peter ^a   Byrne, Mitchell K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous offenders; Level of service inventory revised; Offender need characteristics; Offender risk assessment; Predictive validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954856420     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218710903089261     Document Type: Article

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