Reducing Anger-Related Offending: What Works

What Works in Offender Rehabilitation: An Evidence-Based Approach to Assessment and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 211-236

  Novaco, Raymond W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behaviour; Anger assessment; Anger treatment programmes; Forensic settings; Viable treatment target; Violent offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887145233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118320655.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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