Faye S. Taxman, Ph.D.		Virginia Commonwealth University Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs
Eric S. Shepardson Jayme Delano, LSMW Suzanne Mitchell		University of Maryland, College Park Bureau of Governmental Research
James M. Byrne, Ph.D. with Adam Gelb Mark Gornik		University of Massachusetts, Lowell Department of Criminal Justice

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