Who Benefits From Cognitive Skills Programs?: Differential Impact by Risk and Offense Type

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1103-1129

  Travers, Rosie ^a   Mann, Ruth E ^a   Hollin, Clive R ^b  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive behavioral intervention; offender; offending behavior program; reducing reoffending; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906778197     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854814543826     Document Type: Article

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