A difficult negotiation: Fieldwork relations with gatekeepers

Qualitative Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-331

  Reeves, Carla L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Ethnography; Exit; Fieldwork; Gatekeepers; Probation; Reflective; Sex offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953567598     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794109360150     Document Type: Article

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