Risk assessment instruments in repeat offending: The usefulness of FOTRES

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 716-731

  Rossegger, Astrid ^a   Laubacher, Arja ^a   Moskvitin, Konstantin ^a   Villmar, Thomas ^b   Palermo, George B ^c,d,e   Endrass, Jérôme ^a  

^a Psychiatric/Psychological Service   (Switzerland)

^b Risk Assessment Centre   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

predictive validity; risk assessment instrument; risk of recidivism; violent and sex offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79960701612     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X09360662     Document Type: Article

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