Women, Crime and drugs: Testing the effect of therapeutic communities

Women and Criminal Justice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-48

  Farrell, Amy ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Drugs; Prison; Social disorganization; Social support; Therapeutic communities; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937330448     PISSN: 08974454     EISSN: 15410323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J012v11n01_02     Document Type: Article

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