Do offenders lie? : the impact of socially desirable responding on risk assessment / prepared by Jenelle Power and Mary B. Ritchie.: PS82-2/14-5E-PDF

“Many risk assessment instruments rely at least in part on information provided by offenders, yet the accuracy of that information is often difficult to confirm. We examined research with federally-sentenced men offenders in Canada on the presence of socially desirable responding and its relationship to the validity of tools that are based on self-reported information"--What we looked at.

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Department/Agency Canada. Correctional Service Canada. Research Branch.
Title Do offenders lie? : the impact of socially desirable responding on risk assessment / prepared by Jenelle Power and Mary B. Ritchie.
Variant title Impact of socially desirable responding on risk assessment
Series title Research review ; no. 14-5
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Les délinquants mententils? L’incidence des réponses socialement souhaitables sur l’évaluation des risques.
Caption title.
"September 2014."
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Correctional Service Canada, 2014.
Author / Contributor Power, Jenelle, 1981-
Ritchie, Mary B.
Description [1] p.
Catalogue number
  • PS82-2/14-5E-PDF
Subject terms Inmates
Risk management
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