Mad or bad? Child-killers, gender and the courts

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 419-436

  Wilczynski, Ania ^a  

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EID: 0031475220     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014178     Document Type: Article

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