Attitudes and beliefs of trainee probation officers: A ‘new breed’?

Probation Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-26

  Deering, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitudes; punishment; purposes of probation; rehabilitation; risk; training; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996222137     PISSN: 02645505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0264550509354671     Document Type: Article

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