Social Work in the Criminal Justice System: An Ambiguous Exercise of Caring Power

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 84-100

  Svensson, Kerstin ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caring power; Client; Community sanctions; Power; Probation; Punishment; Relation; Social control; Social history; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142136099     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14043850310011126     Document Type: Article

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