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Appropriate treatment targets or products of a demanding environment? The relationship between aggression in a forensic psychiatric hospital with aggressive behaviour preceding admission and violent recidivism

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Pages 431-441 | Received 27 Jan 2006, Published online: 06 Sep 2007

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