The impact of residential and nonresidential drug treatment on recidivism among drug-involved probationers: A survival analysis

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 442-471

  Krebs, Christopher P ^a   Strom, Kevin J ^a   Koetse, Willem H ^a   Lattimore, Pamela K ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug treatment; Probation; Propensity score; Recidivism; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349325934     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128707307174     Document Type: Article

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