Aggression in an Australian forensic psychiatric hospital

The British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 18-28

  Daffern, Michael ^a   Ogloff, James ^b   Howells, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84993063540     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: 20428340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636646200300024     Document Type: Review

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