The prevalence of intellectual disability in a major UK prison

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-167

  Hayes, Susan ^a   Shackell, Phil ^b   Mottram, Pat ^c   Lancaster, Rachel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NHS Specialised Services Commissioning Team   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Intellectual disability; Learning disability; Prevalence; Prison

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548407387     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2007.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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