Educating Canadian jurors about the not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder defence

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 226-235

  Maeder, Evelyn M ^a   Yamamoto, Susan ^a   Fenwick, Kristin L ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward the NCRMD defence; Effects of education; Insanity defence; Juror decision making; Student vs. community samples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936946735     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: 18792669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cbs0000016     Document Type: Article

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