Coming home from jail: The social and health consequences of community reentry for women, male adolescents, and their families and communities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1725-1736

  Freudenberg, Nicholas ^a   Daniels, Jessie ^a   Crum, Martha ^b   Perkins, Tiffany ^c   Richie, Beth E ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c University of Illinois Chicago ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY REENTRY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICY; PRISON; PRISONER; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 25444513104     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.056325     Document Type: Article

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