Refusers, dropouts, and completers: Measuring sex offender treatment efficacy

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 600-612

  Seager, James A ^a   Jellicoe, Debra ^b   Dhaliwal, Gurmeet K ^c  

^a Correctional Service Canada ^*  (Canada)

^b ARGOSY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kingston Penitentiary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Recidivism; Sex offender; Treatment; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECIDIVISM; REHABILITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL CRIME; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 4644240490     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X04263885     Document Type: Article

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