Treatment need and provision in medium secure care

British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 24-31

  Davies, Jason ^a   Oldfield, Kate ^b  

^a ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medium secure unit; Offending behaviour; Outcome; Risk; Treatment needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949321950     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636646200900013     Document Type: Review

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