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Offenders with Mental Illness: Mental Health and Criminal Justice Best Practices

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, USA

    William B. Schnapp

  2. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through, University of Texas Medical Branch Managed Care, USA

    William B. Schnapp & Rod Cannedy

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Schnapp, W.B., Cannedy, R. Offenders with Mental Illness: Mental Health and Criminal Justice Best Practices. Adm Policy Ment Health 25, 463–466 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022204910594

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