Assessing suitability for offender rehabilitation: Development and validation of the treatment readiness questionnaire

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1427-1440

  Casey, Sharon ^a   Day, Andrew ^a,d   Howells, Kevin ^b   Ward, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognitive skills; Readiness; Responsivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448954445     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807305827     Document Type: Article

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