Factors that predict drug court completion and drop out: Findings from an evaluation of Salt Lake County's adult felony drug court

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-162

  Hickert, Audrey O ^a,b   Boyle, Scott W ^a   Tollefson, Derrik R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Utah Criminal Justice Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug court; Mental health; Outcomes; Prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849118401     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01488370802678926     Document Type: Article

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