'Misjudge youth': A critique of the audit commission's reports on youth justice

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 362-380

  Jones, Denis ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035644322     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/41.2.362     Document Type: Article

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