Drug and Alcohol Programmes: Concept, Theory, and Practice

Offending Behaviour Programmes: Development, Application, and Controversies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 179-207

  Mcmurran, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Llanarth Court Psychiatric Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Illicit drugs; Offender treatment programme; School failure; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889293898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713341.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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