Pre-sentence reports: Does quality matter?

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-190

  Downing, Kevin ^a   Lynch, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Pre sentence reports; Quality; Social enquiry reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 5344278217     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00047     Document Type: Article

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