Therapeutic communities in United States' prisons: Effectiveness and challenges

Therapeutic Communities

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-175

  Wexler, Harry K ^a   Prendergast, Michael L ^b  

^a National Development and Research Institute Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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