The oral language skills of young offenders: A pilot investigation

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Humber, Eugénie ^a   Snow, Pamela C ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035715718     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218710109524999     Document Type: Article

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