Cost-Effectiveness of Teaching Family Programs for Delinquents: Results of a National Evaluation

Evaluation Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 173-201

  Weinrott, Mark R ^a   Jones, Richard R ^a   Howard, James R ^a  

^a Evaluation Research Group ^*

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EID: 84973816016     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8200600202     Document Type: Article

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