A systematic review on the effectiveness of sex offender risk assessment tools in predicting sexual recidivism of adult male sex offenders

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 287-316

  Tully, Ruth J ^a,b   Chou, Shihning ^b   Browne, Kevin D ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuarial; Recidivism; Risk assessment; Sex offender; Structured professional judgement; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DATA BASE; DATA SYNTHESIS; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OCCUPATION; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 84872513834     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.12.002     Document Type: Review

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