Reliability and Validity of the Level of Service Inventory-Revised Among Federally Incarcerated Sex Offenders

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 261-274

  Simourd, David J ^b   Malcolm, P Bruce ^a  

^a Millhaven Institution   (Canada)

^b Department of Psychology   (Canada)

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EID: 0032378694     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088626098013002006     Document Type: Article

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