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- ↑ McGarrell, Edmund F. (1988). Juvenile Correctional Reform: Two Decades of Policy and Procedural Change. SUNY Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-4384-1243-6 . Retrieved April 3, 2013– via Google Books.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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