Parenting education for young fathers in prison

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-247

  Meek, Rosie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fathers; Parenting education; Prison; Young offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547249409     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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