Comparing Sexual Offenders at the Regional Treatment Centre (Ontario) and the Florida Civil Commitment Center

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 377-395

  Wilson, Robin J ^a   Looman, Jan ^b   Abracen, Jeffrey ^b   Pake, Donald R ^a  

^a Florida Civil Commitment Center   (United States)

^b Correctional Service of Canada ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

civil commitment; risk management; sexual offenders; Static 99R; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PRISONS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIALIZATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84874404752     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X11434918     Document Type: Article

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