Psychopathy, culpability, and commitment

Mental Disorder and Criminal Law: Responsibility, Punishment and Competence

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 159-178

  Hart, Stephen D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-84845-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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