Cognitive-behavioural rehabilitation of high-risk violent offenders: Investigating treatment change with explicit and implicit measures of cognition

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-449

  Polaschek, Devon L L ^a   Bell, Rebecca K ^a   Calvert, Susan W ^b   Takarangi, Melanie K T ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b University of Leicester ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL REHABILITATION; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77956444645     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1688     Document Type: Article

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