Dilemmas of institutionalization in the penal voluntary sector

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-52

  Corcoran, Mary ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Offender management; Partnership; Penal expansion; Penal market; Reform

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; REFORM PROCESS; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78751544964     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018310385438     Document Type: Article

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