Predictors of sex offender treatment dropout: Psychopathy, sex offender risk, and responsivity implications

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 457-471

  Olver, Mark E ^a   Wong, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dropout; Psychopathy; Sex offender risk; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957810145     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160903318876     Document Type: Article

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