Treatment And Sexual Offence Recidivism

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-89

  Craig, Leam A ^a   Browne, Kevin D ^a   Stringer, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

meta analysis; recidivism; sex offenders; treatment efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346528474     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838002238946     Document Type: Article

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