Pretreatment self-esteem and posttreatment sexual recidivism

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 587-599

  Thornton, David ^a   Beech, Anthony ^b   Marshall, William L ^c  

^a Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Rockwood Psychological Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Recidivism; Risk assessment; Self esteem; Sexual offending

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DELINQUENCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRISON; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF ESTEEM SCALE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL RECONVICTION;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 4644237414     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X04265286     Document Type: Article

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