Sexual and violent recidivism by offender type and actuarial risk: Reoffending rates for rapists, child molesters and mixed-victim offenders

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 541-554

  Vess, James ^a   Skelton, Alex ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Corrections ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Sexual offenders; Sexual recidivism; Static variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955206606     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802612908     Document Type: Article

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