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The best evidence produces the best law

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  1. State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

    Gail S. Goodman & Murray Levine

  2. Center on Children, Families, and the Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA

    Gary B. Melton

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Goodman, G.S., Levine, M. & Melton, G.B. The best evidence produces the best law. Law Hum Behav 16, 244–251 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01044801

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