Predicting treatment drop-out in sex offenders

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 402-419

  Browne, Kevin D ^a   Foreman, Lucy ^a   Middleton, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b W Midlands Probation Serv S   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child sex offenders; Risk factors; Sexual recidivism; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886493920     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199811/12)7:6<402::AID-CAR530>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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