An Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Juvenile Probationers at Phoenix Academy of Los Angeles

Andrew R. Morral, Lisa H. Jaycox, William Smith, Kirsten Becker, Patricia A. Ebener

ResearchPosted on rand.org 2003Published in: Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment in the United States: Exemplary Models From a National Evaluation Study / Edited by Sally J. Stevens, Andrew R. Morral (Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, 2003) Chapter 9, p. 213-233.

In this chapter the authors describe the Phoenix Academy program, the design of RAND's Adolescent Treatment Models evaluation of the program, and characteristics of the 449 youths referred by Probation to Phoenix Academy or one of six other group homes included in the evaluation.

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  • Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2003
  • Pages: 21
  • Document Number: EP-20030017

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