Child soldiers in sierra leone and the problems of demobilisation, rehabilitation and reintegration into society: Some lessons for social workers in war‐torn societies

Social Work Education

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-128

  Zack Williams, Tunde B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child Soldiers; Gemeinschaft Gesellschaft; Social Movements; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050647921     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470500487085     Document Type: Article

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