Doing time: Clinical psychologists' experience of community service in a prison placement

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 795-812

  Rohleder, Poul ^a   Miller, Myra ^b   Smith, Robyn ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community service; Correctional centres; Forensic psychology; Organisational support; Organisations; Prisons; Psychologists; Supervision

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947102236     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630603600409     Document Type: Article

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