The alter as agent: Multiple personality and the insanity defence

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-206

  Dawson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; HYSTERIA; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0033426868     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719909524962     Document Type: Article

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