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Guidelines on the Counselling of Offenders Placed on Community Service

This document presents the Zimbabwe National Committee on Community Service rational and guidelines on counselling offenders.

Zimbabwe NCCS Guide CounsOffendersCommServ.pdf — PDF document, 3332Kb

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