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Thematic cluster: Offending behaviour: the role of trauma and PTSD

Trauma exposure, posttraumatic stress, and comorbidities in female adolescent offenders: findings and implications from recent studies

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Article: 17247 | Received 23 Jan 2012, Accepted 18 Apr 2012, Published online: 31 May 2012

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