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Gender-responsive risk assessment in corrections / Valerie R. Bell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bell, Valerie (Valerie R.), author.
- Series:
- Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
- Criminal Justice : Recent Scholarship
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female offenders--Rehabilitation--United States.
- Female offenders.
- Community-based corrections--United States.
- Community-based corrections.
- Recidivism--United States.
- Recidivism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- El Paso, Texas : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Risk assessment in corrections allows practitioners to not only predict the likelihood of success for an offender and to identify areas to target for reduced risk. Such targets are argued to be different for men and women (Bloom, Owen & Covington, 2003). Bell examines the predictive validity of the Women's Risk/Needs Assessment on a sample of women and a sample of men. Results indicate that there are differences in the prevalence, co-occurrence, and predictive validity of risk/needs and strengths for men and women. Results support prior studies regarding gender-neutral risk assessment for male
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781593327903
- 1593327900
- OCLC:
- 893332694
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