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Liaison between criminal justice and psychiatric systems: Diversion services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Conor O'Neill
Conor O'Neill*
Affiliation:
Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin 14, Ireland
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , September 2006 , pp. 87 - 88
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