The assessment of offending-related stage of change in offenders: Psychometric validation of the URICA with male prisoners

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-325

  Polaschek, Devon L L ^a   Anstiss, Brendan ^b   Wilson, Marc ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Corrections ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BIDR; CNI; Stage of change; Transtheoretical model; URICA

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951899266     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802698766     Document Type: Article

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