Levels of moral reasoning among female domestic violence offenders: Evaluating the impact of treatment

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 349-363

  Buttell, Frederick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0036254209     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731502012003001     Document Type: Article

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