How "specific" Are gender-specific rehabilitation needs?: An empirical analysis

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1382-1397

  Heilbrun, Kirk ^a,c   Dematteo, David ^a   Fretz, Ralph ^b   Erickson, Jacey ^a   Yasuhara, Kento ^a   Anumba, Natalie ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Community Education Centers Inc ^*

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community corrections; Criminogenic needs; Gender specific; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749155244     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808323678     Document Type: Article

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