Actuarial Scales and Evidentiary Reliability: Clarifying the Issues
Author: Terence W. Campbell, Ph.D..
Source: Volume 02, Number 02, February/March 2001 , pp.19-22(4)

< previous article |next article > |return to table of contents
Abstract:
In the August/September issue of Sex Offender Law Report, Dennis M. Doren discussed what he considers the shortcomings of various challenges directed at the actuarial instruments used in sex offender civil commitment risk assessments (Dennis M. Doren, “Evidentiary Issues, Actuarial Scales, and Sex Offender Civil Commitments, 1 (5) SLR 1 (Aug./Sept. 2000).)Keywords:
Affiliations:
1: Forensic Psychology.