Against all odds: A qualitative follow-up study of high-risk violent offenders who were not reconvicted

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2001, Pages

  Haggård, Ulrika ^a   Gumpert, Clara H ^a   Grann, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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