Commentary: Expert testimony as a potential asset in defense of capital sentencing cases

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 519-522

  Edersheim, Judith G ^a,b   Beck, James C ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LAWYER; MENTAL DISEASE; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29444433140     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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