NCJ Number
32101
Date Published
1975
Length
140 pages
Annotation
SURVEY OF THE METHODS AND LITERATURE ON THE PREDICTION OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND A STUDY OF THE USEFULNESS OF PRESENTENCE, PSYCHIATRIC, AND JUDICIAL REPORTS IN PREDICTING THE RECIDIVISM OF 760 DUTCH OFFENDERS.
Abstract
THE OFFENDERS WERE CONVICTED OF SERIOUS OFFENSES IN ROTTERDAM BETWEEN 1959 AND 1970. A FACTOR ANALYSIS WAS USED TO IDENTIFY WHICH FACTORS HAD THE STRONGEST RELATIONSHIP WITH WHICH TYPE OF RECIDIVATED OFFENSE. --IN DUTCH