The good lives model and the risk need responsivity model: A critical response to Andrews, Bonta, and Wormith (2011)

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 94-110

  Ward, Tony ^a   Yates, Pamela M ^b   Willis, Gwenda M ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cabot Consulting and Research Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Good Lives Model; offender rehabilitation; Risk Need Responsivity Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555186871     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854811426085     Document Type: Article

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