Appraising Treatment Outcome with Sexual Offenders

Sexual Offender Treatment: Controversial Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 255-273

  Marshall, William L ^a  

^a Rockwood Psychological Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative data; National data base; Offcial recidivism rates; Sexual offender treatment; Tracking systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889358607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713457.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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