Journal article
Incarceration and Recidivism among Sexual Offenders
Abstract
The relationship between incarceration and recidivism was investigated in a sample of 627 adult male sexual offenders. Incarceration for the index offense was unrelated to sexual or violent recidivism. This was the case whether incarceration was examined as a dichotomous variable (incarceration vs. community sentence) or as a continuous variable (length of incarceration). Risk for sexual recidivism was assessed with a modified version of the …
Authors
Nunes KL; Firestone P; Wexler AF; Jensen TL; Bradford JM
Journal
Law and Human Behavior, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 305–318
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Publication Date
June 2007
DOI
10.1007/s10979-006-9065-5
ISSN
0147-7307