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Effects of Legal Supervision of Chronic Addict Offenders in Southern California, 1974-1981

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Principal Investigator(s): Anglin, M. Douglas; Deschenes, Elizabeth P.; Speckart, George

Summary: This study examined the effects of timing and level of legal supervision in controlling antisocial behavior and promoting prosocial behavior in chronic addict offenders. The study sought to answer several questions: (1) What is the effect of legal supervision on the criminal behavior of addicts? (2) Does legal supervision have time-course effects? (3) What are the differential effects of varying types of legal supervision (e.g., probation, parole, urinalysis, higher or lower number of con... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09974.v1

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