Los Angeles County drug court programs: Initial results

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-224

  Fielding, Jonathan E ^a   Tye, Grace ^b   Ogawa, Patrick L ^a   Imam, Iraj J ^c   Long, Anna M ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Center for Applied Local Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversion programs; Drug courts; Drug offenders; Program evaluation; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036774519     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(02)00262-3     Document Type: Article

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