Routes Out of Prison Using Life Coaches to Assist Resettlement

Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-371

  Schinkel, Marguerite ^a   Whyte, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mentor support; Peer support; Resettlement; Short term prisoners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864740642     PISSN: 02655527     EISSN: 14682311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2311.2012.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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