Female Juvenile Offenders Incarcerated as Adults: A Psychoeducational Group Intervention

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 101-115

  Pomeroy, Elizabeth C ^a   Green, Diane L ^b   Kiam, Risa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

female offenders; group intervention; jails and prisons; juvenile offenders; psychoeducation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992769760     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146801730100100107     Document Type: Article

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