Assessing sex offenders
Subtitle: problems and pitfalls
By: by Terence W. Campbell.
Publisher: Charles C Thomas
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Springfield, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780398077730; 9780398077747
Subjects: Sex offenders -- United States; Criminal behavior, Prediction of -- United States; Risk assessment -- United States; Recidivism -- United States -- Prevention; Evidence, Expert -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sexually violent person commitment statutes; title: Clinical judgment and clinical experience; title: Guided clinical risk assessments (gcra); title: Actuarial assessment of recidivism risk; title: Actuarial instruments for assessing recidivism risk; title: Computing classification accuracy; title: Supplementary assessment procedures; title: Adjusted actuarial assessment (aaa); title: Diagnostic classification; title: Treating sex offenders; title: Ethical considerations.