‘They Were Very Threatening about Do-Gooding Bastards’: Probation's Changing Relationships with the Police and Prison Services in England and Wales

European Journal of Probation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 78-94

  Mawby, Rob C ^a   Worrall, Anne ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multi agency relationships; Occupational cultures; Organisational relationships; Probation; Probation officers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905064101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20662203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/206622031100300306     Document Type: Article

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