Moral Development among Court-Ordered Batterers: Evaluating the Impact of Treatment

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-107

  Buttell, Frederick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0035583295     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973150101100106     Document Type: Article

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