Beyond programmes: Organisational and cultural issues in the implementation of what works

What Matters in Probation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 170-186

  Kemshall, Hazel ^a   Holt, Paul ^a   Bailey, Roy ^a   Boswell, Gwyneth ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925795826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843924920     Document Type: Chapter

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