Everybody has a story: Listening to imprisoned sexual offenders

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 963-970

  Waldram, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics; Narrative; Prison; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NARRATIVE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL CRIME; STORYTELLING; TRUST;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PRISONERS; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 34548155445     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732307306014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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