Current Approaches to Sex-offender Risk Assessment: A Critical Review

The British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 31-41

  West, Adrian ^a  

^a ASHWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993086750     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: 20428340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636646200100018     Document Type: Review

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