Law and the fireside inductions (with postscript): Some reflections of a clinical psychologist

Behavioral Sciences & the Law

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 521-550

  Meehl, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0024351279     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2370070408     Document Type: Article

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