Using Logistic Regression Modeling to Predict Sexual Recidivism: The Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool-3 (MnSOST-3)

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-377

  Duwe, Grant ^a   Freske, Pamela J ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

bootstrap; calibration; predictive discrimination; recidivism; risk assessment; sex offender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862286428     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1079063211429470     Document Type: Article

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