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Psychological Reactions of Victims of Violent Crime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jonathan I. Bisson  and
Jonathan P. Shepherd
Jonathan P. Shepherd
Affiliation:
University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 167 , Issue 6 , December 1995 , pp. 718 - 720
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