Using clinical variables to evaluate treatment effectiveness in programmes for sexual offenders

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-180

  Jung, Sandy ^a   Gulayets, Michael ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change; Clinical variables; Effectiveness; Proximal; Sex offenders; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960547818     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552601003802238     Document Type: Article

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