Assessing reconviction, reoffending and recidivism in a sample of UK sexual offenders

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-215

  Falshaw, Louise ^a   Bates, Andrew ^b   Patel, Vaneeta ^a   Corbett, Carmen ^a   Friendship, Caroline ^a  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b Thames Valley Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIDIVISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141620375     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135532503322362979     Document Type: Article

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