Treating Drug-Abusing Women Prisoners: An Outcomes Evaluation of the Forever Free Program

The Prison Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-105

  Hall, Elizabeth A ^a   Prendergast, Michael L ^a   Wellisch, Jean ^a   Patten, Meredith ^a   Cao, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive behavioral treatment; crime; drug abuse treatment; employment; female; follow up outcomes; gender; incarceration; offenders; parole; predictors; prison; prisoners; recidivism; substance use; treatment effectiveness evaluation; treatment outcomes; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442655395     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885503262456     Document Type: Article

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