Incorporating Change Information Into Sexual Offender Risk Assessments Using the Violence Risk Scale–Sexual Offender Version

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 472-499

  Olver, Mark E ^a   Beggs Christofferson, Sarah M ^b,c   Grace, Randolph C ^c   Wong, Stephen C P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b New Zealand Department of Corrections   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

change; dynamic; risk assessment; sexual recidivism; VRS SO

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VIOLENCE;

CANADA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84907225528     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: 1573286X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1079063213502679     Document Type: Article

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