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What can social and environmental factors tell us about the risk of offending by people with intellectual disabilities?

Jessica R. WheelerCambridge Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Group, Department of Developmental Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Isabel C.H. ClareCambridge Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Group, Department of Developmental Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;NIHR CLAHRC for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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Anthony J. HollandCambridge Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Group, Department of Developmental Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;NIHR CLAHRC for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Foundation NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
Pages 635-658 | Received 21 Dec 2011, Accepted 27 May 2013, Published online: 15 Nov 2013

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