Factors influencing treatment entry in sex offenders against children

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-310

  Dolan, Mairead ^a,b   Fullam, Rachael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 28044445869     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.45.4.303     Document Type: Article

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