An economic analysis of the in-prison therapeutic community model on prison management costs

Journal of Criminal Justice

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 388-395

  Zhang, Sheldon X ^a   Roberts, Robert E L ^b   McCollister, Kathryn E ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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EID: 67650476703     PISSN: 00472352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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