Assessment of criminal behaviours of clients in secure settings
- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Psychology, Crime & Law
- Vol. 1 (2) , 187-191
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10683169408411953
Abstract
Valid assessment of crime and related behaviours is important in predicting future risk, designing intervention programmes and evaluating outcome. Common sources of error are presented and suggestions for enhancing the validity of assessment are given.Keywords
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