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Offenders with a Learning Disability: the Evidence for Better Services?

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 46 KB
Volume: 15
Category: Article
ISSN: 1360-2322
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2002.00119.x

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