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 | Correctional Service Canada. Research Branch. |
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| 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. |
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| Subject terms | Inmates Risk management |
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