A systematic review of criminal recidivism rates worldwide: Current difficulties and recommendations for best practice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Fazel, Seena ^a   Wolf, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY; DENMARK; EUROPE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRELAND; ISRAEL; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORWAY; OFFENDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRISON; RE-IMPRISONMENT; REARREST; RECIDIVISM; RECONVICTION; SEARCH ENGINE; SINGAPORE; SOUTH KOREA; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINALS; HUMANS; PRISONS;

EID: 84939229007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130390     Document Type: Article

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