Factors that influence adult recidivism: An exploratory study in Pollsmoor prison

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 407-424

  Gaum, Goudine ^a   Hoffman, Sandy ^b   Venter, J H ^c  

^a South African Navy   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Lambeth Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Criminal rehabilitation; Imprisonment; Incarceration; Prisons; Re offending; Recidivism; Rehabilitation; Relapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749063957     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630603600212     Document Type: Article

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