Understanding change in a therapeutic community: An action systems approach

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-203

  Neville, Lucy ^a   Miller, Sarah ^a   Fritzon, Katarina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural change; Multidimensional scaling; Prison; Systems theory; Therapeutic community

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTEMS THEORY; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

EID: 34247621247     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789940601108439     Document Type: Article

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