Does treatment work with internet sex offenders? Emerging findings from the internet sex offender treatment programme (i-SOTP)

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-19

  Middleton, David ^a   Mandeville Norden, Rebecca ^b   Hayes, Elizabeth ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Sexual offending; Treatment change

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149120527     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552600802673444     Document Type: Article

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