Issues in the treatment of sexual offenders: Recent developments and directions for future research

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 229-246

  Abracen, Jeffrey ^a,c   Looman, Jan ^b  

^a Correctional Service of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b Regional Treatment Centre   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sex offenses; Sexual deviations; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FUTUROLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

EID: 2342421432     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(01)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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