Community-based aftercare and return to custody in a national sample of substance-abusing women offenders

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1126-1132

  Matheson, Flora I ^a   Doherty, Sherri ^b   Grant, Brian A ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Forensic Sexual Behaviour Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956355834     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300094     Document Type: Article

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