Graduate students' experiences, interests, and attitudes toward correctional/forensic psychology

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 96-107

  Morgan, Robert D ^a   Beer, Amanda M ^a   Fitzgerald, Katherine L ^a   Mandracchia, Jon T ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional psychology; Forensic psychology; Graduate education; Graduate training; Specialty doctoral training; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846152043     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806289831     Document Type: Article

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