Assessing socially desirable responding and its impact on self-report measures among sexual offenders

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-237

  Mathie, Nicola L ^a   Wakeling, Helen C ^a  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Psychometric assessment; Sexual offenders; Socially desirable responding

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951802148     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160903113681     Document Type: Article

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