Predicting recidivism following participation in a treatment program for batterers

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 39-62

  Tollefson, Derrick R ^a   Gross, Emma R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer characteristics; Batterer treatment; Prediction; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845898729     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v32n04_03     Document Type: Article

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