Criminal behavior and mental disorder: Impediments to assigning moral responsibility

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-12

  Backlar, Patricia ^a,b,c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Ethics and Health Care

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MORALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031977150     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018771627330     Document Type: Review

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