Working with sex offenders: A personal view

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-93

  Hanson, R Karl ^a  

^a Department of the Solicitor General of Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioural treatment; Deviant sexual schema; Relapse prevention; Sexual offending

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004811277     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552609908413286     Document Type: Article

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