A case study involving competency to stand trial: Incompetent Defendant, Incompetent Examiner, or "Malingering by Proxy"?

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 381-399

  Schlesinger, Louis B ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0142041453     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8971.9.3-4.381     Document Type: Article

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