Social supervision, ethics and risk: An evaluation of how ethical frameworks might be applied within the social supervision process

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2398-2413

  Dixon, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Mental health; Mentally disordered offenders; Risk; Social supervision; Social work; Supervised discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651270094     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcq076     Document Type: Article

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