‘The worst tax form you’ve ever seen’? Probation officers’ views about OASys

Probation Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-23

  Mair, George ^a   Burke, Lol ^a   Taylor, Stuart ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National Probation Service; OASys; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651065020     PISSN: 02645505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264550506060861     Document Type: Article

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