Advances in the Treatment of Adult Incarcerated Sex Offenders

Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 329-347

  Mann, Ruth E ^a   Marshall, William L ^b,c,d  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Rockwood Psychological Services   (Canada)

^d Sexual Offenders' Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult incarcerated sex offenders; Child sexual abuse; Cognitive distortions; Neutralisation theory; Sexual offender treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886492605     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470714362.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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