Substance Abuse Treatment Gap Among Adult Parolees: Prevalence, Correlates, and Barriers

Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-57

  Sung, Hung En ^a   Mahoney, Annette M ^b   Mellow, Jeff ^a  

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

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

parole; parolees; reentry; substance abuse; treatment needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251525556     PISSN: 07340168     EISSN: 15563839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734016810389808     Document Type: Article

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