Identifying change in the likelihood of violent recidivism: Causal dynamic risk factors in the OASys violence predictor

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 163-174

  Howard, Philip D ^a,b   Dixon, Louise ^b  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

criminal recidivism; dynamic risk assessment; multiwave prediction; OASys

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRISONER; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRISONERS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84885463539     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000012     Document Type: Article

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