Religiosity and drug use among inmates in boot camp: Testing a theoretical model with reciprocal relationships

Religion, the Community, and the Rehabilitation of Criminal Offenders

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 161-183

  Benda, Brent B ^a   Toombs, Nancy J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b Department of Correction ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Boot camp; Delinquency; Drugs; Juvenile; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916955720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203049563     Document Type: Chapter

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