a skidding turn onto finals is far far more likely to result in a spin than a well banked co-ordinated turn.
I may have got this wrong, but I thought there was more risk from over-ruddering (slipping) then using aileron (cross controlling) as a (flawed)method in correcting the initial error. A skidding turn in comparatively safer.
Of course no-one should argue that a properly balanced turn is the safest.