Half-Truths: The Complicated Story of D.C.'s Halfway House "Escapees"

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Author(s)

• Kravetz, Katherine

Source(s)

• Justice Policy Institute (Washington, DC)

Sponsor(s)

• Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (San Francisco, CA)

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Published 1999. 12 pages.

Related Topics

• District of Columbia
• Escapes (Offender Management)
• Halfway house (Offender Management)

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