Effects of the EQUIP programme on the moral judgement, cognitive distortions, and social skills of juvenile delinquents

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 421-434

  Nas, Coralijn N ^a   Brugman, Daniel ^a   Koops, Willem ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cognitive distortions; Delinquency; EQUIP; Moral judgement; Peer intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744512939     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160500255703     Document Type: Article

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