Cognitive skills behavior programs for offenders in the community: A reconviction analysis

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 269-283

  Hollin, Clive R ^a   McGuire, James ^b   Hounsome, Juliet C ^a   Hatcher, Ruth M ^a   Bilby, Charlotte A L ^a   Palmer, Emma J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community interventions; Evaluation; Noncompletion; Offending behavior programs; Reconviction

Indexed keywords

EID: 39349113617     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807312234     Document Type: Article

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