A Squandered Opportunity?: A Review of SAMHSA'S National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices for Offenders

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 954-972

  Wright, Benjamin J ^a   Zhang, Sheldon X ^a   Farabee, David ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

community corrections; evidence based programs; NREPP; parolee reentry; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869407063     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128710376302     Document Type: Review

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