Dynamic Risk Factors for Sexual Offending : Causal Considerations

Heffernan, Roxanne

Dynamic Risk Factors for Sexual Offending : Causal Considerations by Roxanne Heffernan, Tony Ward. - First edition 2020 - 1 recurso en línea (IX, 72 páginas) 4 ilustraciones - SpringerBriefs in Behavioral Criminology, 2194-1866 Behavioral Science and Psychology (SpringerNature-41168) Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0) (SpringerNature-43718) .

Current conceptualizations of dynamic risk factors -- Critical analysis of dynamic risk factors -- Reformulating dynamic risk factors -- Research, assessment and treatment implications of the dynamic risk conceptual framework.

Dynamic risk factors add a key element to the activities of practitioners seeking to reduce recidivism in criminal populations. This book focuses on the usefulness of dynamic risk factors and their ability to provide reliable information about the likelihood of reoffending. Practitioners increasingly depend on such assessments for more accurate prediction of recidivism as well as for improving the design of intervention programs.

9783030582753

10.1007/978-3-030-58275-3 doi


Psicología clínica
Psicología--Metodología

RC467 .H44 / 2020 EB