Risk Assessment of Girls: Are There Any Sex Differences in Risk Factors for Re-offending and in Risk Profiles?

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1033-1056

  van der Put, Claudia E ^a   Deković, Maja ^b   Hoeve, Machteld ^a   Stams, Geert Jan J M ^a   van der Laan, Peter H ^a   Langewouters, Femke E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adolescents; recidivism; risk assessment; risk factors; sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907148048     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128710384776     Document Type: Article

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