Effects of Volunteering Experiences and Motivations on Attitudes Toward Prisoners: Evidence from Hong Kong

Asian Journal of Criminology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-114

  Chui, Wing Hong ^a   Cheng, Kevin Kwok Yin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward prisoners; Hong Kong Chinese sample; Prison volunteers; Volunteer motivation; Volunteer satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878482962     PISSN: 18710131     EISSN: 1871014X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11417-012-9148-9     Document Type: Article

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