What women want: The importance of qualitative approaches in evaluating work with women offenders

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-19

  Hedderman, Carol ^a   Gunby, Clare ^b   Shelton, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desistance; Methods; Outcome evaluation; Women offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952257693     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895810392188     Document Type: Article

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