Justice and the deconstruction of psychological jurisprudence: The case of competency to stand trial

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-88

  Arrigo, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

competency to stand trial; critical psychological jurisprudence; deconstruction; justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042378912     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480603007001200     Document Type: Article

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