Moving Forward Making Changes: evaluation of a group-based treatment for sex offenders

This report summarises the key findings and policy messages from an evaluation of Moving Forward: Making Changes (MF:MC), an intensive group-based treatment programme for sex offenders.


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Moving Forward: Making Changes manuals

Theory Manual, version 1.3

Management Manual, version 1.1

Programme Manual, version 1.4

Assessment and Evaluation manual, version 1.5

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