Sexual offenders in custody for control, care and treatment

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 659-663

  Wood, Raymond M ^a   Grossman, Linda S ^b   Kulkarni, Robert ^a   Fichtner, Christopher G ^c  

^a Sexually Violent Person Treatm/D   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CUSTODY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032763511     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199911000-00012     Document Type: Short Survey

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