Religiosity and desistance from drug use

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 661-679

  Chu, Doris C ^a  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desistance; Drug use; Hard drugs; Marijuana; Religion; Religiosity; Religious behavior; Religious salience

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247362778     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806293485     Document Type: Article

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