Women with learning disabilities who offend: What do we know?

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-191

  Hayes, Susan Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dual diagnosis; Learning disability; Offenders; Prison; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548454532     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2007.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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