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Providing Social Care following Release from Prison: emerging Practice Arrangements Further to the Introduction of the 2014 Care Act

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Providing Social Care following Release from Prison: emerging Practice Arrangements Further to the Introduction of the 2014 Care Act. / Robinson, Louise; Tucker, Sue; Hargreaves, Claire et al.
In: The British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 52, No. 2, 31.03.2022, p. 982-1002.

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Robinson, L, Tucker, S, Hargreaves, C, Roberts, A, Shaw, J & Challis, D 2022, 'Providing Social Care following Release from Prison: emerging Practice Arrangements Further to the Introduction of the 2014 Care Act', The British Journal of Social Work, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 982-1002. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab082

APA

Robinson, L., Tucker, S., Hargreaves, C., Roberts, A., Shaw, J., & Challis, D. (2022). Providing Social Care following Release from Prison: emerging Practice Arrangements Further to the Introduction of the 2014 Care Act. The British Journal of Social Work, 52(2), 982-1002. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcab082

Vancouver

Robinson L, Tucker S, Hargreaves C, Roberts A, Shaw J, Challis D. Providing Social Care following Release from Prison: emerging Practice Arrangements Further to the Introduction of the 2014 Care Act. The British Journal of Social Work. 2022 Mar 31;52(2):982-1002. Epub 2021 May 13. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcab082

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Robinson, Louise ; Tucker, Sue ; Hargreaves, Claire et al. / Providing Social Care following Release from Prison : emerging Practice Arrangements Further to the Introduction of the 2014 Care Act. In: The British Journal of Social Work. 2022 ; Vol. 52, No. 2. pp. 982-1002.

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