An evaluation of the Relationship Enhancement® Program with prisoners and their wives

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-15

  Accordino, Michael P ^a   Guerney Jr , Bernard ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Institute of Relationship Enhancement   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PRISONER; REVIEW; SKILL; SPOUSE; TRAINING;

EID: 0031805123     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X98421002     Document Type: Review

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