Helping offenders into employment: How far is voluntary sector expertise valued in a contracting-out environment?

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-245

  Vennard, Julie ^a   Hedderman, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desistance; Employment schemes; Partnership; What works

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349171440     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895809103495     Document Type: Article

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