Evaluating the Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan (MCORP): Results from a Randomized Experiment

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-383

  Duwe, Grant ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

employment; prisoner reentry; randomized experiment; recidivism; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861563199     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2011.555414     Document Type: Article

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