Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 313-323 , December 2004

Criminal recidivism in three models of mandatory drug treatment

  • Douglas Young, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Bureau of Governmental Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 4511 Knox Rd, Suite 301, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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  • Reginald Fluellen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, 105 East 22nd Street, Suite 711, New York, NY 10010, USA
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  • Steven Belenko, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Treatment Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, 600 Public Ledger Building, 150 South Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3475, USA

Received 17 November 2003 ,Revised 26 May 2004 ,Accepted 20 August 2004.

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PII: S0740-5472(04)00119-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2004.08.007

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 313-323 , December 2004

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