Predicting retention in a therapeutic community for incarcerated substance abusers

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 47-65

  Nielsen, Amie L ^a   Scarpitti, Frank R ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug treatment; Retention; Therapeutic community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937386273     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v34n03_04     Document Type: Article

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