Narrative and the construction of 'truth' in a prison-based treatment program for sexual offenders

Ethnography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 145-169

  Waldram, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autobiography; Cognitive behavior therapy; Disclosure; Emplotment; Memory; Narrative; Prisons; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250752798     PISSN: 14661381     EISSN: 17412714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466138107078631     Document Type: Article

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