Cognitive skills programmes for offenders

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 147-164

  Hollin, Clive R ^a   Palmer, Emma J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749102976     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802190871     Document Type: Article

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