What works for offenders and staff: Comparing two multi-agency approaches to offender resettlement

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 661-678

  Wood, Jane ^a   Kade, Cassandra ^a   Sidhu, Mamta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multi agency; Prolific offenders; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949134335     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160802516232     Document Type: Article

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