Predictors of sex offender treatment completion

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 73-88

  Moore, Donna L ^a   Bergman, Barbra A ^b   Knox, Pamela L ^c  

^a Riverbend Maximum Secty Institution   (United States)

^b Twin Valley Psychiatric System   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child molester; Program completion; Sex offender treatment; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRISONER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0033060561     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: 15470679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v07n03_05     Document Type: Article

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