Levels of attribution and change in a high-security correctional population

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Magaletta, Philip R ^a   Jackson, Kevin L ^b   Miller, Nancy A ^a   Innes, Christopher A ^c  

^a FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS   (United States)

^b US General Accounting Office   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Change; Federal offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944262917     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v39n02_01     Document Type: Article

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