Insanity defense evaluations: Toward a model for evidence-based practice

Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-110

  Knoll, James L ^a   Resnick, Phillip J ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based; Forensic psychiatry; Insanity defense; Law; Mental disease; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349089628     PISSN: 14743310     EISSN: 14743329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhm024     Document Type: Article

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