Searching for ‘What Works’: Hm Prison Service accredited cognitive skills programmes

The British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 3-13

  Falshaw, Louise ^a   Friendship, Caroline ^a   Travers, Rosie ^b   Nugent, Francis ^b  

^a Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

^b National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993046571     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: 20428340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636646200400007     Document Type: Review

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