Assessment of community reintegration planning for sex offenders: Poor planning predicts recidivism

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 494-512

  Willis, Gwenda M ^a   Grace, Randolph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child molesters; Pedophilia; Recidivism; Reintegration; Risk assessment; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549160303     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809332874     Document Type: Article

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