Legal options in Ireland for getting adolescent sex offenders into treatment programmes and keeping them there

Irish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 181-189

  Sheerin, Declan ^a,b  

^a Child and Family Centre   (Ireland)

^b Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL) Hospital   (Ireland)

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EID: 3042976382     PISSN: 03033910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03033910.1998.10558179     Document Type: Article

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