Understanding and responding to racial differences in drug court outcomes

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Dannerbeck, Anne ^b   Harris, Gardenia ^c   Sundet, Paul ^a,b   Lloyd, Kathy ^d  

^a MU School of Social Work   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d 13th Judicial Circuit Court ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drug court; Racial differences; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MISSOURI; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746825444     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J233v05n02_01     Document Type: Article

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