Gang membership and subsequent engagement into a drug free therapeutic community

Substance Abuse

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 33-40

  Widlitz, Michelle ^a   Dermatis, Helen ^a,b   Galanter, Marc ^a   Bunt, Gregory ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gang membership; Therapeutic community engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GANG; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHILOSOPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PEER GROUP; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548119910     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J465v28n02_05     Document Type: Article

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