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  • Richard G. Frank and Thomas G. McGuire, Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs (University of Chicago Press, 2010), chap. 4, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/controlling-crime-strategies-and-tradeoffs/mental-health-treatment-and-criminal-justice-outcomes.

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