Investigating treatment change and its relationship to recidivism in a sample of 3773 sex offenders in the UK

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 233-252

  Wakeling, Helen ^a   Beech, Anthony R ^b   Freemantle, Nick ^b  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical change; recidivism; risk; sex offenders; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876119073     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2011.626413     Document Type: Article

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