Responsivity Issues in the Treatment of Sexual Offenders

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 330-353

  Looman, Jan ^a   Dickie, Ida ^a   Abracen, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Correctional Service ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

recidivism; responsivity; sex offender treatment

Indexed keywords

CRIMINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644821889     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838005280857     Document Type: Article

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