Prior treatment history and its impact on criminal recidivism

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-319

  Merrill, Jeffrey ^a   Alterman, Arthur ^a   Cacciola, John ^a   Rutherford, Megan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal offenders; Heroin users; Prior treatment history; Recidivism; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIDIVISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033485894     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(99)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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