Examining the effectiveness of a UK community-based sexual offender treatment programme for child abusers

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 493-512

  Mandeville Norden, Rebecca ^a   Beech, Anthony ^b   Hayes, Elizabeth ^c  

^a DCPA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Abell House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abusers; Clinically significant change; Community sexual offender treatment; Statistical effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549105287     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160801948907     Document Type: Article

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