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The Next Generation of Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Interventions: Improving Outcomes by Improving Interventions

@inproceedings{Epperson2011TheNG,
  title={The Next Generation of Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice Interventions: Improving Outcomes by Improving Interventions},
  author={Matthew W. Epperson and Nancy Wolff and Robert D. Morgan and William Harvey Fisher},
  year={2011}
}
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