AAPL and the death penalty: A historical perspective on the debate

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-7

  Gold, Liza H ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EDITORIAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; PUNISHMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; INSANITY DEFENSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15244357862     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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