Looking Inside the "Black Box" of Drug Court Treatment Services Using Direct Observations

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 195-218

  Bouffard, Jeff ^a   Taxman, Faye ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COURT; CRIME; DRUG COURT; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 1842611024     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260403400109     Document Type: Article

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