Assessing offender readiness to change problems with anger

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-307

  Williamson, Paul ^a   Day, Andrew ^a   Howells, Kevin ^a   Bubner, Susan ^a   Jauncey, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anger; Assessment; Motivation; Offender

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345547641     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316031000073371     Document Type: Article

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