General job stress and job-specific stress in juvenile correctional officers

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-36

  Auerbach, Stephen M ^a   Quick, Ben G ^a   Pegg, Phillip O ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0037213804     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2352(02)00197-6     Document Type: Article

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