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Mulcahy, Jo, Wray, Becky, Parent, Katia, Rees, Alyson  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Waits, Charlotte and Bezeczky, Zoe
2026.
Together, a Chance: piloting family social workers in two women’s prisons in England, UK.
Bald, Caroline and Martinez Herrero, Maria Inés, eds.
The Routledge International Handbook of Criminal Justice Social Work,
Routledge,
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Purcell, Carl, Elliott, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8062-6913, Corliss, Cindy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-8798, Baginsky, Mary, Playle, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2989-1092, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Robling, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1004-036X
2025.
Understanding the impact of regulatory reforms in children’s residential care: Findings from an evidence review.
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
24
(1)
, pp. 123-147.
10.17868/strath.00092783
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Slater, Tom, Fatemi-Dehaghani, Roxanna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7400-9433 and Swann, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4490-0233
2025.
A multi-disciplinary analysis of adult practice reviews.
The Journal of Adult Protection: Evidence-based practice in relation to safeguarding adults
27
(2)
, pp. 72-84.
10.1108/JAP-07-2024-0039
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Djupvik, Alf Roger, Pithouse, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-0595, Myklebust, Vidar Kjetil, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Ekeland, Tor-Johan and Brookfield, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7798-9756
2024.
Manualisation in child and family social work: A comparative study of Norway and Wales.
European Social Work Research
2
(3)
, pp. 277-293.
10.1332/27551768Y2024D000000023
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549 and Taussig, Heather
2024.
‘Family doesn’t have to be mom and dad’: An exploration of the meaning of family for care-experienced young people.
Families, Relationships and Societies
13
(3)
, pp. 461-477.
10.1332/20467435Y2023D000000002
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Waits, Charlotte, Bezeczky, Zoe, Parent, Katia, Wray, Becky and Mulcahy, Jo
2024.
Social work across boundaries: Findings from an evaluation of a service supporting mothers in prison. Evaluation of the Together a Chance pilot project 2021-23.
Presented at: 13th European Conference for Social Work Research,
Vilnius, Lithuania,
17-19 April 2024.
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Roberts, Louisa M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5596-0280, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Elliott, Daisy and Wood, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9816-6663
2024.
‘The worst day of my life’: Foster carers’ experiences of allegations.
Adoption & Fostering
48
(1)
, pp. 7-29.
10.1177/03085759231212501
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Waits, Charlotte and Bezeczky, Zoe
2024.
Final report. Together a chance: Evaluation of the social workers for Mother in Prison pilot project, 2021-2023.
[Project Report].
Cardiff, Wales:
CASCADE Research Centre.
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Waits, Charlotte, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Bezeczky, Zoe
2024.
Insights from prison research with mothers: Does a prison-based social worker help where there are child welfare concerns?
Presented at: CASCADE 10 Year Anniversary Event,
Cardiff, UK,
23 May 2024.
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729, Powell, Jillian, Corliss, Cindy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-8798, Khan, Asma and O'Donnell, Chloe
2023.
Fostering wellbeing: placing foster carers centre stage.
Adoption and Fostering
47
(4)
, pp. 453-470.
10.1177/03085759231208460
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Palmer, Claire Elizabeth, Coffey, Amanda and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2023.
The motivations and decision-making processes of parents who adopt older children.
Adoption & Fostering
47
(2)
, pp. 211-228.
10.1177/03085759231174906
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Waits, Charlotte, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Bezeczky, Zoe, Parent, Katia, Wray, Becky and Mulcahy, Jo
2023.
What works in prison research? The experience of evaluating the Together a Chance pilot project.
Presented at: Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference (JSWEC),
Glasgow, UK,
15-16 June 2023.
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Waits, Charlotte and Bezeczky, Zoe
2023.
Together a chance. Evaluation of the Social Worker for Mothers in
Prison pilot project, 2021-2023 : Second interim report.
[Project Report].
Cardiff Univeristy.
Available at: https://cascadewales.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/...
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Janes, Edward, Staples, Eleanor and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2023.
Evaluation of the ten-week Caring Changes
training course for residential care
practitioners.
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care
22
, 1.
10.17868/strath.00085352
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Sharley, Victoria
2023.
Working with children who have experienced neglect.
London:
Coran BAAF.
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Macdonald, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8245-2347, Hewitt, Gillian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-4056, Evans, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Brown, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4475-1733, Anthony, Rebecca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9503-9562 and Jones, Sion ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-6889
2023.
Mental health and wellbeing support in schools and further education colleges for care-experienced children and young people.
Presented at: EuSARF - 'Equity and Social Justice in Child, Youth and Family Welfare',
University of Sussex,
12-15 September 2023.
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Waits, Charlotte and Mulcahy, Jo
2023.
Evaluation of Together a Chance: How effective is it to have social workers in women’s prisons?
Presented at: Exchange Wales online event with Pact,
Online,
22nd June 2023.
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2022.
Together a chance interim report presented at Parliamentary Event.
[Project Report].
CASCADE.
Available at: https://cascadewales.org/%ef%bf%bctogether-a-chanc...
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Bezeczky, Zoe and Waits, Charlotte
2022.
Together a Chance: Evaluation of the Social Worker for Mothers in
Prison pilot project, 2021-2023: 1st Interim Report.
[Project Report].
Cardiff:
Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE), Cardiff University.
Available at: https://cascadewales.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/...
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729, Lyttleton-Smith, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0704-2970 and Staples, Eleanor
2022.
Visiting mum: children's perspectives on a supported scheme when visiting their mother in prison.
Child Care in Practice
28
(3)
, pp. 247-262.
10.1080/13575279.2020.1769025
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Handley, Bridget
2022.
Final Report - Evaluation of fostering wellbeing.
[Project Report].
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Williams, Anne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4737-219X, Reed, Hayley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3388-8902, Segrott, Jeremy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6215-0870, Barnaby, Barney and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2021.
Developing a model of the restorative approaches veteran family service.
CASCADE Research Centre.
Available at: https://cascadewales.org/research/developing-an-in...
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Djupvik, Alf Roger, Myklebust, Vidar Kjetil, Ekeland, Tor-Johan, Pithouse, Andy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-0595, Brookfield, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7798-9756 and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2021.
New public management and practitioner autonomy in Children's Services in Norway and Wales: views from the frontline.
European Journal of Social Work
24
(3)
, pp. 405-417.
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Janes, Edward
2020.
An evaluation of caring changes: a training programme for residential carers.
Cardiff University.
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Pithouse, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-0595
2019.
Views from birth children: exploring the backstage world of sibling strangers.
Families, Relationships and Societies
8
(3)
, pp. 361-377.
10.1332/204674318X15313160952540
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Pithouse, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-0595, Brookfield, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7798-9756 and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2019.
Why are social workers in Wales the 'happiest'? A conundrum explored.
British Journal of Social Work
49
(7)
, pp. 1987-2006.
10.1093/bjsw/bcy119
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Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729 and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2019.
Video Interaction guidance: a return to traditional values and relationship-based practice?
British Journal of Social Work
49
(6)
, pp. 1415-1433.
10.1093/bjsw/bcz067
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Sharley, Victoria, Ananias, Janetta, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Leonard, Emma
2019.
Child neglect in Namibia: emerging themes and future directions.
British Journal of Social Work
49
(4)
, pp. 983-1002.
10.1093/bjsw/bcz043
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549
2019.
Introduction.
Mannay, D., Rees, A. and Roberts, L., eds.
Children and young people 'looked after'? Education, intervention and the everyday culture of care in Wales.,
Cardiff:
University of Wales Press,
pp. 1-12.
(10.2307/jj.14491626.6)
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2019.
The daily lived experience of foster care: The centrality of food and touch in family life.
Mannay, Dawn, Rees, Alyson and Roberts, Louise, eds.
Children and young people 'looked after'? Education, intervention and the everyday culture of care in Wales,
University of Wales Press,
pp. 85-99.
(10.2307/jj.14491626.12)
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549
2019.
Conclusion.
Mannay, D., Rees, A. and Roberts, L., eds.
Children and young people 'looked after'? Education, intervention and the everyday culture of care in Wales.,
Cardiff:
University of Wales Press,
pp. 228-240.
(10.2307/jj.14491626.22)
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729, Grey, Jillian, Corliss, Cindy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0990-8798, Barton, Anya, Khan, Asma, O'Donnell, Chloe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9958-7192 and Silverwood, Victoria
2019.
Final Report for Evaluation of Fostering Wellbeing Programme 2019.
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Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Thomas, Sue
2019.
The impact of staff training in VIG for professionals and families.
Cardiff:
CASCADE.
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Scourfield, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-8158, Shardlow, Steven, Zhang, Meng Le and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2018.
A profile of UK doctoral candidates in social work and social care.
British Journal of Social Work
8
(48)
, pp. 2313-2331.
10.1093/bjsw/bcy008
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Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729 and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2018.
The impact of VIG for professionals and families.
Presented at: Association for Video Interaction Guidance UK International Conference: Catching the Waves of Attunement,
Cornwall, UK,
27 September 2018.
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Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729 and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2018.
Video Interaction Guidance Evaluation.
Presented at: South Wales Practitioner Workshop,
Cardiff, UK,
27 March 2018.
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Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729 and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2018.
Video Interaction Guidance Evaluation.
Presented at: North Wales Practitioner Workshop,
Wrexham, UK,
26 March 2018.
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Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729 and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2018.
Video Interaction Guidance: Emerging findings from a UK study into the use of VIG to reduce the numbers of children in care and to support relationship building in foster care and adoption.
Presented at: European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents,
Porto, Portugal,
2-5 October 2018.
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Hodgson, Phil
2017.
Regionalisation:improving the adoption experience in Wales.
Adoption and Fostering
41
(3)
, pp. 268-278.
10.1177/0308575917722908
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Evans, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331, Staples, Eleanor, Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Andrews, Darren
2017.
The consequences of being labelled ‘looked-after’: Exploring the educational experiences of looked-after children and young people in Wales.
British Educational Research Journal
43
(4)
, pp. 683-699.
10.1002/berj.3283
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Staples, Eleanor and Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729
2017.
Evaluation of Visiting Mum Scheme: Final Report June 2017.
[Project Report].
Cardiff:
CASCADE.
Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cascade/files/2017/09/F...
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Maxwell, Nina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3931-7729, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Williams, Anne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4737-219X
2016.
Evaluation of the Video Interaction Guidance Service, Cornwall Council.
[Project Report].
Cardiff:
CASCADE.
Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cascade/files/2017/09/V...
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2016.
Final Report for Fostering Healthy Futures.
[Project Report].
Cardiff:
Cardiff University.
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Staples, Eleanor, Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Evans, Rhiannon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331 and Andrews, Darren
2016.
Exploring the educational experiences and aspirations of Looked After Children and Young People (LACYP) in Wales.
[Project Report].
CASCADE Research Briefing,
vol. 7.
Cardiff:
Children's Social Care and Research and Development Centre (CASCADE).
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Mannay, Dawn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7368-4111, Staples, Eleanor, Hallett, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7792-4453, Roberts, Louise ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-3549, Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965, Evans, Rhiannon Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0239-6331 and Andrews, Darren
2015.
Understanding the educational experiences and opinions, attainment, achievement and aspirations of looked after children in Wales.
[Project Report].
Social Research,
vol. 62/201.
Cardiff:
Welsh Government.
Available at: http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/understan...
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Pithouse, Andrew Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-0595 and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2011.
Care as regulated and care in the obdurate world of intimate relations: Foster care divided?
Ethics and Social Welfare
5
(2)
, pp. 196-209.
10.1080/17496535.2011.571070
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Robinson, Amanda L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5071-850X, Tregidga, Jasmin and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2010.
HomeSafe: final evaluation report on the Cardiff HomeSafe Project.
[Project Report].
Cardiff:
Women’s Safety Unit/Cardiff University School of Social Sciences.
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Rees, Alyson. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2009.
Inner world of foster care : an in-depth exploration.
PhD Thesis,
Cardiff University.
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Rivett, Mark and Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965
2008.
Working with perpetrators and victims of domestic violence.
Green, Simon, Lancaster, Elizabeth and Feasey, Simon, eds.
Addressing offending behaviour: context, practice and value,
Cullompton:
Willan Publishing Ltd,
pp. 334-364.
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Pithouse, Andrew Joseph ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7971-0595
2008.
The intimate world of strangers: embodying the child in foster care.
Child & Family Social Work
13
(3)
, pp. 338-347.
10.1111/j.1365-2206.2008.00558.x
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Rivett, Mark
2005.
‘Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend’: Towards a variety in programmes for perpetrators of domestic violence.
Probation Journal
52
(3)
, pp. 277-288.
10.1177/0264550505055111
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Rees, Alyson ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2363-4965 and Rivett, Mark
2004.
Dancing on a razor's edge: systemic group work with batterers.
Journal of family therapy
26
(2)
, pp. 142-162.
10.1111/j.1467-6427.2004.00275.x
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