Urban and rural differences in the relationship between substance use and violence

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 613-628

  Goodrum, Sarah ^a   Wiese, H Jean ^b   Leukefeld, Carl G ^b  

^a CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Prisoners; Rural; Urban; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; FISCHER SUBCULTURE THEORY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANNING; POPULATION SIZE; PREVENTION; PRISON; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEORY; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANISM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PRISONERS; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 4644284980     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03261557     Document Type: Article

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