Community reintegration of violent and sexual offenders: Issues and challenges for community risk management

Rethinking Corrections: Rehabilitation, Reentry, and Reintegration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 219-252

  Lussier, Patrick ^a   Dahabieh, Melissa ^a   Deslauriers Varin, Nadine ^a   Thomson, Chris ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Justice Institute of British Columbia   (Canada)

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EID: 77952474427     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781452230474.n9     Document Type: Chapter

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