A systematic review of age, sex, ethnicity, and race as predictors of violent recidivism

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-26

  Piquero, Alex R ^a   Jennings, Wesley G ^b   Diamond, Brie ^c   Reingle, Jennifer M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

demographic risk factors; meta analysis; recidivism; violence

Indexed keywords

AGE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; META ANALYSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84913573385     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X13514733     Document Type: Article

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