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Sex offenders and actuarial risk assessments: ethical considerations

โœ Scribed by Terence W. Campbell

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
77 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0735-3936

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