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Juvenile Sexual Offenders

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

E. Vizard*
Affiliation:
Young Abusers Project, London
S. Wynick
Affiliation:
Young Abusers Project, London
C. Hawkes
Affiliation:
Young Abusers Project, London
J. Woods
Affiliation:
Young Abusers Project, London
J. Jenkins
Affiliation:
Young Abusers Project, London
*
Dr E. Vizard, Young Abusers Project, 309 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8QF. Tel/Fax: 0171 833 0500
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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