The organizational politics of implementing risk assessment instruments in community corrections

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 412-423

  Schlager, Melinda D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community corrections; Leadership; Organizational change; Professionalism; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350560391     PISSN: 10439862     EISSN: 15525406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043986209344555     Document Type: Article

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