Social Competence and Sociomoral Reasoning in Young Offenders

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-87

  Palmer, Emma J ^a   Hollin, Clive R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0008464344     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199902)13:1<79::AID-ACP613>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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