Validity of the offender version of the Personal Concerns Inventory with adult male prisoners

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 451-468

  Sellen, Joselyn Liza ^a   McMurran, Mary ^b   Theodosi, Eleni ^c   Cox, Miles ^d   Klinger, Eric ^e  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment of motivation; Offenders; Personal concerns inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650592927     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802356712     Document Type: Article

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