Alcohol and Drug Treatments

Reducing Crime: The Effectiveness of Criminal Justice Interventions

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 33-52

  Mcmurran, Mary ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Llanarth Court Psychiatric Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminal justice expenditure; Criminal justice system; Drug specific crimes; Legislative control; Licensing restrictions

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549086787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713532.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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