Violent youth in boot camps for non-violent offenders

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 113-133

  Toombs, Nancy J ^a   Benda, Brent B ^b   Corwyn, Robert Flynn ^b  

^a Department of Correction ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Boot camp; Discriminant analysis; Non violent offenders; Violent offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008856889     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v31n03_07     Document Type: Article

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