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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