Reporting to the Scottish Courts: The Quality of Social Enquiry Reports and Custody

International Journal of the Sociology of Law

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Creamer, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034382514     PISSN: 01946595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijsl.1999.0099     Document Type: Article

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