Racial differences in desistance from substance abuse: The impact of religious involvement on recovery

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 696-716

  Chu, Doris C ^a   Sung, Hung En ^b  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Church attendance; Desistance; Drug use; Race; Race and drug use; Recovery; Religion; Religiosity; Religious behavior; Religious involvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CRIME; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449481626     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X08320207     Document Type: Article

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