Green prison programmes, recidivism and mental health: A primer

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 338-342

  Van Der Linden, Sander ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; GARDENING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LANDSCAPING; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRISON; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECIDIVISM; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES CULTIVATION; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 84954428306     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: 14712857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.1978     Document Type: Editorial

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