Evaluating the effectiveness of the national institute of corrections' "Thinking for a Change" program among probationers

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-73

  Golden, Lori Suzanne ^c   Gatchel, Robert J ^a   Cahill, Melissa Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Collin County Community Supervision and Corrections Department ^*  (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral; Probation; Problem solving; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750502664     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v43n02_03     Document Type: Article

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