Veteran’s Treatment Courts: will More be Necessary Now that the 20-Year War on Terror has Concluded for US Soldiers?
By: Tina B. Craddock
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/jvs.v8i2.359 | Journal eISSN: 2470-4768
Language: English
Page range: 8 - 20
Submitted on: Jun 9, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 9, 2022
Published on: Jul 25, 2022
Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing
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