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National Girls Health Screen: Findings and Technical Report

November 15, 2010

Stoneleigh Fellow Leslie Acoca and Dr. Frances Lexcen, Forensic Psychologist at the University of Washington who serves as senior researcher for the National Girls Health Screen Project facilitating data collection and analysis, provide a new report detailing the technical information behind this groundbreaking research on the health needs of girls in the U.S. juvenile justice system. 

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