Evaluation of a national prison-based treatment program for sexual offenders in England and Wales

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 744-759

  Friendship, Caroline ^a,b   Mann, Ruth E ^a   Beech, Anthony R ^b  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prison; Recidivism; Reconviction; Sexual offender treatment; Sexual offenders; Static risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037528177     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260503253236     Document Type: Article

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