Violent criminal behavior and perspectives on treatment of criminality in opiate treatment

Substance Abuse

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 33-42

  Mays, Darren M ^a,b   Gordon, Adam J ^b,c,d   Kelley, Mary E ^a,b   Forman, Steven D ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminality; Opiate dependence; Opiate treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

COMORBIDITY; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VETERANS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33746641314     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J465v26n02_05     Document Type: Review

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