The information needs of prisoners: a study of three penal establishments

Authors

  • Tony Stevens

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/lirg435

Keywords:

information needs, prisons, inmates, constraints, access, independence

Abstract

This research was conducted as part of the coursework requirements to complete the MA in Librarianship at the University of Sheffield, and was carried out during the early part of 1992. The objective of the study was to determine the nature of inmates' information needs and examine how effectively they were met.

Author Biography

Tony Stevens

Department of Information Studies

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Issue

Vol. 18 No. 60 (1994)

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Reports

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