'My Son Gave Birth to Me': Offending fathers - Generative, reflexive and risky?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1402-1418

  Walker, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deficit model of fathering; Generative fathering; offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954993709     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp063     Document Type: Article

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