Sampling 'hard to reach' populations in qualitative research: The case of incarcerated youth

Qualitative Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 536-550

  Abrams, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

human subjects; qualitative methods; sampling; social work research

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650974931     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: 17413117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473325010367821     Document Type: Article

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