Adult Correctional Treatment
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A slightly revised version of this paper will be published in Crime and Justice: A Review of Research, edited by Michael Tonry and Joan Petersilia and published by the University of Chicago Press. The opinions expressed in this paper by Gerald G. Gaes are solely those of the author and are not intended to represent the policies or practices of the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the U.S. Department of Justice.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001