Literacy Levels of Male Juvenile Justice Detainees

Educational Review

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-11

  Wheldall, Kevin ^a   Watkins, Renae ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 1642436896     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013191032000152237     Document Type: Review

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