Outcome of an Institutional Sexual Offender Treatment Program: A Comparison Between Treated and Matched Untreated Offenders

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-153

  Nicholaichuk, Terry ^a   Gordon, Arthur ^b   Gu, Deqiang ^c   Wong, Stephen ^c  

^a Regional Headquarters ^*  (Canada)

^b Washington State Department of Corrections   (United States)

^c Regional Psychiatric Center (Prairies)   (Canada)

Author keywords

criminal career profile; efficacy of treatment; recidivism; sex offender treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPHILIAS; SEX OFFENSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034169492     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107906320001200205     Document Type: Article

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