'His mam, my dad, my girlfriend, loads of people used to bring him up': The value of social support for (ex) offender fathers

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 238-247

  Walker, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminology criminal justice; Family support; Fathers fatherhood; Offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952894835     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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