Women in jail: “Soft skills” and barriers to employment

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 51-71

  Tonkin, Peggy ^a   Dickie, Jill ^a,b   Alemagno, Sonia ^a,c   Grove, Wendy ^a  

^a Institute for Health and Social Policy   (United States)

^b Department of the Community and Technical College ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Counseling; Employment; Jail; Rehabilitation; Skills; Soft skills; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750517315     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v38n04_04     Document Type: Article

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