The Dynamics of a Prison-Based Therapeutic Community for Women Offenders: Retention, Completion, and Outcomes

The Prison Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-31

  Mosher, Clayton ^a   Phillips, Dretha ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

drug treatment; prison based therapeutic community; women offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944459603     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885505283871     Document Type: Article

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