Specialized Prisons and Services: Results From a National Survey

The Prison Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-85

  Cropsey, Karen L ^a   Wexler, Harry K ^a   Melnick, Gerald ^a   Taxman, Faye S ^b   Young, Douglas W ^c  

^a National Development and Research Institutes (NDRI) Inc   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

special offender populations; specialized prisons; treatment services; violators

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147172761     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885506299043     Document Type: Article

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