Supported Distance Learning in Prisons
- ISBN-10
- 1902158008
- ISBN-13
- 9781902158006
- Category
- Distance education
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Authors
- Mike Maguire, Terry Honess
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