Time for a change: Applying the good lives model of rehabilitation to a high-risk violent offender

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 578-598

  Whitehead, Paul R ^a   Ward, Tony ^b   Collie, Rachael M ^b  

^a Department of Corrections ^*  (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Good Lives Model; Offenders; Readiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRIME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIALIZATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 36649007077     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06296236     Document Type: Article

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