Commentary: Inventing diagnosis for civil commitment of rapists

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-469

  Zander, Thomas K ^a,b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; PARAPHILIAS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX OFFENSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58449108640     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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