Role of self-determined goals in predicting recidivism in domestic violence offenders

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-41

  Lee, Mo Yee ^a   Uken, Adriana ^b   Sebold, John ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Plumas County Mental Health ^*

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence offenders; Recidivism; Self determined goal; Solution focused treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845534069     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731506294375     Document Type: Article

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