Psychological assessment for adult sentencing of juvenile offenders: An evaluation of the RSTI and the SAVRY

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-137

  Spice, Andrew ^a   Viljoen, Jodi L ^a   Gretton, Heather M ^b   Roesch, Ronald ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Youth Forensic Psychiatric Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forensic assessment; Juvenile offenders; Psychometrics; RSTI; SAVRY; Test validity; Transfer to adult court

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869391403     PISSN: 14999013     EISSN: 19329903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14999013.2010.501846     Document Type: Article

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