Do treatment services for drug users in outpatient drug-free treatment programs affect employment and crime?

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1161-1185

  Dunlap, Laura J ^a   Zarkin, Gary A ^a   Lennox, Rik ^b   Bray, Jeremy W ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Psychometric Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Employment; Substance user treatment; Treatment services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547582872     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701409925     Document Type: Conference Paper

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