The Stalemate: motivational interviewing at a carceral junction

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The Stalemate : motivational interviewing at a carceral junction. / Kohl, Katrine Syppli.

In: Incarceration - An international journal of imprisonment, detention and coercive confinement , Vol. 3, No. 1, 2022.

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Kohl, KS 2022, 'The Stalemate: motivational interviewing at a carceral junction', Incarceration - An international journal of imprisonment, detention and coercive confinement , vol. 3, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663221084588

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Kohl, K. S. (2022). The Stalemate: motivational interviewing at a carceral junction. Incarceration - An international journal of imprisonment, detention and coercive confinement , 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663221084588

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Kohl KS. The Stalemate: motivational interviewing at a carceral junction. Incarceration - An international journal of imprisonment, detention and coercive confinement . 2022;3(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663221084588

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Kohl, Katrine Syppli. / The Stalemate : motivational interviewing at a carceral junction. In: Incarceration - An international journal of imprisonment, detention and coercive confinement . 2022 ; Vol. 3, No. 1.

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