Psychological factors in risk assessment and management of inappropriate sexual behaviour by men with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 285-297

  Smith, Mark ^a,c   Willner, Paul ^a,b  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Rhondda Cynon Taff (East)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care managers; Causal attributions; Causal explanations; Direct care staff; Emotional responses; Inappropriate sexual behaviour; Intellectual disability; Management; Risk; Seriousness; Supervision; Vignette

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144276495     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2004.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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