Commentary: The challenge of nonexperimental interventions studies in social work

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 550-552

  Schilling, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community intervention; Community practice; Corrections; Criminal justice; Field of practice; Mental health; Outcome study

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955221337     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509359918     Document Type: Article

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