Reformulating fitness to plead: A qualitative study

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 815-834

  Rogers, Timothy P ^a   Blackwood, Nigel ^a   Farnham, Frank ^b   Pickup, Graham ^c   Watts, Mike ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b North London Forensic Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Criminal procedure; English law; Fitness to plead; Legal aspects of psychiatry; Legal theory; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALINGERING; MEMORY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 71549160077     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789940903174139     Document Type: Article

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