The Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS): Psychometric Properties and Incremental Predictive Validity With Static-99R

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 431-458

  McGrath, Robert J ^a   Lasher, Michael P ^a   Cumming, Georgia F ^a  

^a Vermont Department of Corrections   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic risk factors; recidivism; Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS); Static 99R; treatment progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865475699     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1079063211432475     Document Type: Article

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