Predicting dropout of court-mandated treatment in a British sample of domestic violence offenders

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-587

  Bowen, Erica ^a   Gilchrist, Elizabeth ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Evaluation; Male perpetrators batterers; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748551990     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160500337659     Document Type: Article

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