Does the risk of recidivism for supervised offenders improve over time? Examining changes in the dynamic risk characteristics for offenders under federal supervision

Federal Probation

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 41-56

  Cohen, Thomas H ^a   Vanbenschoten, Scott W ^a  

^a Administrative Office of the US Courts   (United States)

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