Drug courts: Framing policy to ensure success

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-238

  Wiseman, Christine M ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; RECIDIVISM; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

COST SAVINGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JUDICIAL ROLE; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLICY MAKING; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244380321     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X05275932     Document Type: Review

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