Race, self-control, and drug problems among jail inmates

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 645-664

  De Li, Spencer ^a  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CRIME; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PRISON; PROBLEM SOLVING; RACE; SELF CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29444439173     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260503500401     Document Type: Article

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