Measuring drug court structure and operations: Key components and beyond

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 933-950

  Hiller, Matthew ^a   Belenko, Steven ^a   Taxman, Faye ^b   Young, Douglas ^c   Perdoni, Matthew ^d   Saum, Christine ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d University of District of Columbia School of Law ^*  (United States)

^e ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coordinator; Drug Court Components Questionnaire; measurement; national survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955023286     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854810373727     Document Type: Article

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