Street-level bureaucracy, interprofessional relations, and coping mechanisms: A study of criminal justice social workers in the sentencing process

Law and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-428

  Halliday, Simon ^a   Burns, Nicola ^b   Hutton, Neil ^c   Mcneill, Fergus ^b   Tata, Cyrus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350031275     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2009.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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