The Development, Validity, and Reliability of the Minnesota Screening Tool Assessing Recidivism Risk (MnSTARR)

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 579-613

  Duwe, Grant ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; predictive discrimination; prisoner; recidivism; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905643909     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403413478821     Document Type: Article

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