A prospective study of the impact of polygraphy on high-risk behaviors in adult sex offenders

Sexual Abuse: Journal of Research and Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-222

  Grubin, Don ^a,c   Madsen, Lars ^a   Parsons, Shaun ^a   Sosnowski, Dan ^b   Warberg, Brent ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOS Services Inc ^*  (United States)

^c ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community sex offender treatment; High risk behaviors; Polygraph; Probation supervision; Sex offending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; PROBATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL CRIME;

EID: 3542996249     PISSN: 10790632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SEBU.0000029133.78168.ab     Document Type: Article

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