Should Australia have an R 18+ classification for video games?

Youth Studies Australia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-17

  King, Daniel ^a   Delfabbro, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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