Social work and the shift from 'welfare' to 'justice'

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-127

  Bradt, Lieve ^a   Bouverne De Bie, Maria ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

'Tough love' social work; Critical social work; Welfare justice debate; Youth justice reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 59449098187     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm072     Document Type: Article

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