Predictors of batterer intervention program attrition: Developing and implementing logistic regression models

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 35-54

  Carney, Michelle Mohr ^a   Buttell, Frederick P ^b   Muldoon, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alternatives to Violence Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Court ordered batterers; Program atttrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750496946     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v43n02_02     Document Type: Article

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