Testing the Level of Service Inventory–Revised (LSI-R) for Racial/Ethnic Bias

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-342

  Whiteacre, Kevin W ^a  

^a Salvation Army Correctional Services Program   (United States)

Author keywords

offender classification; race; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992889523     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403405284766     Document Type: Article

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