Treatment of gang members can reduce recidivism and institutional misconduct

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-114

  Di Placido, Chantal ^a   Simon, Terri L ^a   Witte, Treena D ^a   Gu, Deqiang ^a   Wong, Stephen C P ^a,b  

^a Regional Psychiatric Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gangs; Institutional misconduct; Recidivism; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GANG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISCONDUCT; PRISON; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VIOLENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PEER GROUP; PRISONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SASKATCHEWAN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33746420241     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10979-006-9003-6     Document Type: Article

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