'I wasn't really bonded with my family': Attachment, loss and violence among adolescent female offenders

Critical Criminology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-40

  Ryder, Judith A ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847301561     PISSN: 12058629     EISSN: 15729877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10612-006-9017-x     Document Type: Article

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