Gender differences in treatment engagement among a sample of incarcerated substance abusers

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1143-1156

  Staton Tindall, Michele ^a,d   Garner, Bryan R ^b   Morey, Janis T ^b   Leukefeld, Carl ^a   Krietemeyer, Jennifer ^a   Saum, Christine A ^c   Oser, Carrie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal thinking; Gender; Prisoners; Psychosocial functioningt; Treatment engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548097859     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854807304347     Document Type: Article

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