Shades of professionalism: Risk assessment in pre-sentence reports in Sweden

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-190

  Persson, Anders ^a   Svensson, Kerstin ^b  

^a Swedish Prison and Probation Service   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

pre sentence reports; probation; professionalism; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858688358     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370811424985     Document Type: Article

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