Assessing the effects of the drug court intervention on offender criminal trajectories: A research note

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-246

  Heck, Cary ^a   Roussell, Aaron ^b   Culhane, Scott E ^a  

^a University of Wyoming   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug courts; Life course criminality; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549123015     PISSN: 08874034     EISSN: 15523586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887403408327378     Document Type: Article

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