Victim empathy advancement of youth sex offenders in youth correctional centres

The purpose of this article is to focus on victim empathy advancement components in correctional programmes offered in Youth Correctional Centres. It is postulated that youth sex offenders display empathy deficits, but only a limited number of international studies have investigated these deficits....

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Main Author: Coetzee, Laetitia (Author)
Contributors: Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Acta criminologica
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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