Practitioners' guide to understanding the basis of assessing offender risk.
The writers present a guide for probation officers to assist them in understanding the basis of assessing offender risk. They examine a number of issues related to the choice and utilization of risk classification tools. Furthermore, they discuss the influence of classification systems on the effe...
| Publicado en: | Federal Probation Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 46 - 51 |
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Superintendent of Documents
June 2001
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