Should violent offenders be excluded from drug court participation? An examination of the recidivism of violent and nonviolent drug court participants

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-307

  Saum, Christine A ^a   Hiller, Matthew L ^b  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug court; Policy; Recidivism; Violent offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549085764     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016808322267     Document Type: Article

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