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Direct linkZhang, Sheldon X.; Roberts, Robert E. L.; Callanan, Valerie J. – Crime & Delinquency, 2006
In the late 1990s, California legislators funded a statewide, community-based correctional program intended to reduce parolee recidivism. Overseen by the California Department of Corrections, the Preventing Parolee Crime Program (PPCP) provided literacy training, employment services, housing assistance, and substance abuse treatment to tens of…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Substance Abuse, Rehabilitation Programs, Correctional Institutions
