Working with sex offenders: The perceptions and experiences of professionals and paraprofessionals

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-119

  Lea, Susan ^a   Auburn, Tim ^a   Kibblewhite, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; POLICE; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGIST; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 0032943474     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X99431010     Document Type: Article

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