Revisiting the insanity defense: Contested or consensus?

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-176

  Cirincione, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; LAW; LAW SUIT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE;

ADULT; CRIMINAL LAW; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029943992     PISSN: 0091634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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