Community penalties and Home Office research: On the way back to 'nothing works'?

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-87

  Raynor, Peter ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Home Office; Methodology; Pathfinders; Probation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149007743     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895807085870     Document Type: Article

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