Adolescent Sex Offenders and Social Skills Training

Treatment of the adolescent sex offender is a complex process often involving extensive therapeutic intervention. While empirically sound descriptive data concerning the adolescent sex offender is lacking, retrospective accounts frequently describe the youthful offender as possessing a social skills...

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Authors: Graves, Roger (Author) ; Openshaw, D. Kim (Author) ; Adams, Gerald R. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1992
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 1992, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 139-153
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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