Reconviction following a cognitive skills intervention: An alternative quasi-experimental methodology

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-65

  Travers, Rosie ^a   Wakeling, Helen C ^a   Mann, Ruth E ^a   Hollin, Clive R ^b  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; EHANCED THINKING SKILL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872873242     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: 20448333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.2011.02026.x     Document Type: Article

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