Defendants are clueless - The 30-day psychiatric observation

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1351-1355

  Kaliski, S Z ^a   Boreherds, M ^a   Williams, F ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COURT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINOLOGY; GUILT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PATIENT GUIDANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SHAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIMINAL LAW; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031464018     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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