Disability and juvenile delinquency: Issues and trends

Disability and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 613-627

  Morris, Kimberly A ^a   Morris, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 33751092007     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590600918339     Document Type: Review

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