Results by Design: The Artefactual Construction of High Recidivism Rates for Sex Offenders

A recently published article by Langevin, Curnoe, Fedoroff, Bennett, Lungevin, Peever, Pettica, and Sandhu 2004 reports a recidivism rate of 88.3% for sex offenders. A detailed analysis of the study demonstrates that this unusually high level is uninterpretable because the offenders whose criminal c...

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Main Author: Webster, Cheryl Marie (Author)
Contributors: Gartner, Rosemary 1952- ; Doob, Anthony N.
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2006
In: Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
Year: 2006, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-93
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Keywords:
Sexualstraftäter
Rückfälligkeit
Längsschnittstudie
Methodenfragen
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