Predicting success indicators of an intervention programme for convicted intimate-partner violence offenders: The contexto programme

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-95

  Lila, Marisol ^a   Oliver, Amparo ^a   Galiana, Laura ^a   Gracia, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Partner violence offenders; Perceived severity of violence; Responsibility assumption; Risk of recidivism; Structural equations model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875088939     PISSN: 18891861     EISSN: 19894007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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