Appraising the risk of sexual and violent recidivism among intellectually disabled offenders

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-74

  Camilleri, Joseph A ^a   Quinsey, Vernon L ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651413407     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160903392350     Document Type: Article

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