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Direct linkPrendergast, Michael L.; Hall, Elizabeth A.; Wexler, Harry K. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2003
Evaluations of prison-based drug treatment programs typically focus on one or two dichotomous outcome variables related to recidivism. In contrast, this paper uses multiple measures of outcomes related to crime and drug use to examine the impact of prison treatment. Crime variables included self-report data of time to first illegal activity,…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Test Results, Substance Abuse, Crime
