Do crime rates predict the outcome of parenting programmes for parents of ‘high-risk’ preschool children?

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 15-24

  Hutchings, Judy ^a   Bywater, Tracey ^a   Davies, Claire ^b   Whitaker, Chris ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 84993077460     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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