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Educational Psychology
An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology
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A study of children’s conceptions of school rules by investigating their judgements of transgressions in the absence of rules

Pages 583-603 | Received 13 Jan 2010, Accepted 06 May 2010, Published online: 16 Jul 2010

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