Client perceptions of prison-based therapeutic community drug treatment programs

The Prison Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-138

  Melnick, Gerald ^a   Hawke, Josephine ^a   Wexler, Harry K ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

client perspective; drug treatment; prison therapeutic community

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442661608     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885503262459     Document Type: Article

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