Adult Sexual Offender Treatment - Is It Effective?

International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders: Theory, Practice, and Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-12

  Eher, Reinhard ^a   Pfäfflin, Friedemann ^b  

^a Medical University   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

"incidental assignment"; "multisystemic therapy"; "preparatory program"; Collaborative outcome data committee (CODC); Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA); Randomized controlled treatment (RCT); Responsivity principles (RNR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885755750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119990420.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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