Sex offender risk assessment: Research, evaluation, 'best-practice' recommendations and future directions

Violent and Sexual Offenders: Assessment, Treatment and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 27-42

  Boer, Douglas P ^a,b   Hart, Stephen D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 84919536471     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203722404     Document Type: Chapter

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