Dosage of Treatment to Sexual Offenders: Are We Overprescribing?

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-184

  Mailloux, Donna L ^b   Abracen, Jeffrey ^a   Serin, Ralph ^c   Cousineau, C ^c   Malcolm, Bruce ^d   Looman, Jan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Correctional Service of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^d Millhaven Institution   (Canada)

^e Regional Treatment Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sex offenses; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; OFFENDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL CRIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRISON; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ONTARIO; PRISONS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 0037642369     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03251096     Document Type: Article

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