Mental disorder and criminal offense category: In search of a relationship among female criminal defendants

American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 63-73

  Aderibigbe, Yekeen A ^a,b   Arboleda Florez, Julio ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Calgary General Hospital   (Canada)

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