Mental impairment, moral understanding and criminal responsibility: Psychopathy and the purposes of punishment

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 425-443

  Fine, Cordelia ^a   Kennett, Jeanette ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; EMPATHY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAW SUIT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; MORALITY; PSYCHOPATHY; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 4444315069     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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