The Legal, Ethical, and Applied Aspects of Capital Mitigation Evaluations: Practice Guidance from a Principles-Based Approach

Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology for Criminal and Civil Cases

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 41-91

  Marczyk, Geoffrey ^a   Knauss, Linda ^a   Kutinsky, Josh ^a   Dematteo, David ^b   Heilbrun, Kirk ^b  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65649124109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b13594-8     Document Type: Chapter

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