Drug and violence prevention: Rediscovering the critical rational dimension of evaluation research

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-62

  Gorman, Dennis M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Drug and violence prevention; Evaluation; Evidence based; Prevention science

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944549731     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-004-6461-z     Document Type: Review

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