A psychometric study of six self-report measures for use with sexual offenders with cognitive and social functioning deficits

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 505-522

  Williams, Fiona ^a   Wakeling, Helen ^a   Webster, Stephen ^a  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exploration of treatment change; Lower functioning sexual offender; Psychometric assessment; Psychometric properties; Sexual offending; The Adapted Sex Offender Treatment Programme

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548541853     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160601060739     Document Type: Article

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