The importance of appropriate allocation to offending behavior programs

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 206-221

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation; Appropriate; Community; Programs; Reconviction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRIME; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALES;

EID: 40149095452     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07303877     Document Type: Article

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