Working in the community with young people who offend

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-137

  Sampson, Alice ^a   Themelis, Spyros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Risk; Youth work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449659494     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260802558854     Document Type: Article

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