What's the story? An exploration of narrative language abilities in male juvenile offenders

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-253

  Snow, Pamela C ^a   Powell, Martine B ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interviewing; Juvenile offenders; Language; Narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444469460     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316042000209323     Document Type: Review

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