Interviewing and Assessing Clients from Different Cultural Backgrounds: Guidelines for All Forensic Professionals

Handbook of Psychology in Legal Contexts: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 625-643

  Powell, Martine B ^a   Bartholomew, Terry ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1002/0470013397.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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