Competency to be sentenced and executed

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-41

  Watt, Mark J ^a   MacLean, William E ^b  

^a Snowy Range Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 0037497047     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327019EB1301_06     Document Type: Review

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