Promoting Well-Being and Desistance Through Sport and Physical Activity: The Opportunities and Barriers Experienced by Women in English Prisons

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 151-172

  Meek, Rosie ^a   Lewis, Gwen Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

barriers to participation; desistance; physical activity; prison

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897071643     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08974454.2013.842516     Document Type: Article

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