Police and carers' views on reporting alleged offences by people with intellectual disabilities

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-144

  McBrien, Judith ^a,c   Murphy, Glynis ^b  

^a Westbourne Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Westbourne Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care staff; Intellectual disability; Offending; Police

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745753089     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160512331316262     Document Type: Article

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