Assessing juvenile offenders: Preliminary data for the Australian Adaptation of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (Hoge & Andrews, 1995)

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-214

  Thompson, Anthony P ^a   Pope, Zoe ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 27744473234     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060500243491     Document Type: Conference Paper

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