Self‐harm by people with learning difficulties: something to be expected or investigated?Footnote1
This paper has been produced as part of the Literature Review Phase of a project entitled ‘Study of Abuse of People with Learning Disabilities: An Examination of Policy, Practice and Educational Implications in Wales’ managed by the School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan and funded by the Wales Office of Research and Development, National Assembly for Wales. The paper draws on earlier unpublished work by Brennen‐Jones (Citation1992).

Victoria Jones University of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK

Rachel Davies * University of Glamorgan, South Wales, UKCorrespondence[email protected]

Rob Jenkins University of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK

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