Changing Prison Into a Therapeutic Milieu: Evidence From the Israeli National Rehabilitation Center for Prisoners

The Prison Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-202

  Gideon, Lior ^a   Shoham, Efrat ^b   Weisburd, David L ^c  

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

^b ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

prison based drug treatment; therapeutic community; therapeutic milieu; treatment retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952414063     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885510361828     Document Type: Article

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