Locus of control and its relationship to treatment change and abuse history in child sexual abusers

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Fisher, Dawn ^a,b   Beech, Anthony ^a,b   Browne, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Llanarth Court   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD ABUSE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VICTIM;

EID: 0031929929     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.1998.tb00348.x     Document Type: Article

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