Community in-reach through jail reentry: Findings from a quasiexperimental design

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 893-910

  Miller, Holly Ventura ^a   Miller, J Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community in reach; Jails; Program evaluation; Quasi experimental design; Reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958604024     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2010.482537     Document Type: Article

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