Is corrections correcting? An examination of prisoner rehabilitation policy and practice in queensland

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-133

  Walsh, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 33646238944     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.39.1.109     Document Type: Article

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