The impact of in-prison therapeutic community programs on prison management

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 63-78

  Prendergast, Michael ^a   Farabee, David ^a,b,c   Cartier, Jerome ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b State Prison in Corcoran   (United States)

^c Vincent House

Author keywords

Correctional staff; Drug use; Prison management; Therapeutic communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016110979     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v32n03_05     Document Type: Article

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