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Mental Retardation

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-65

  Perske, Robert ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PRISON; REVIEW;

EID: 13944251471     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2005)43<58:SFPWID>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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