The impact of the prison service sex offender treatment programme on minority ethnic offenders: A preliminary study

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-124

  Webster, Stephen D ^a   Akhtar, Saj ^a   Bowers, Louise E ^a   Mann, Ruth E ^a   Rallings, Mark ^a   Marshall, William L ^b  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

HM Prison Service SOTP; Minority Ethnic Offenders; Treatment Impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642551723     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316031000093432     Document Type: Article

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