Suicide in Scottish prisons: A methodological note

Legal and Criminological Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 287-293

  Cooke, David J ^a   Michie, Christine ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000885278     PISSN: 13553259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.1996.tb00326.x     Document Type: Article

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