The Role of Protective Factors and the Relationship With Recidivism for High-Risk Young People in Detention

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 863-878

  Shepherd, Stephane M ^a   Luebbers, Stefan ^a   Ogloff, James R P ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

criminal desistance; forensic psychology; juvenile delinquency; protective factors; SAVRY; violence risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977156507     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854815626489     Document Type: Article

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