Partnering Shelter Dogs with Prison Inmates: An Alternative Strategy to Reduce Recidivism and Teach Social Therapy
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The relationship of social support and self-esteem with recidivism among prisoners
Background and purposes: Social capital and Continuing source of support among the theories that explain the social harms by combining theories of criminology. Evaluate the relationship between social capital and self-esteem and impact on recidivism in prisoners residing in the Prison is the purpose of this study. Materials and methods In this cross-sectional study, 72 male prison inmates in...
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