Labelling clients 'Risky': Social work and the neo-liberal welfare state

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1263-1278

  Pollack, Shoshana ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female offenders; neo liberal; risk; welfare; women's prisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955205820     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcn079     Document Type: Article

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