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Anger and Its Links to Violent Offending

Kevin Howells Centre for Applied Psychological Research, University of South Australia, Australia; Peaks Academic and Research Unit, Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust, United Kingdom; University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Pages 189-196 | Published online: 04 Mar 2011

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