Reflections on the Sociodemographic and Medicolegal Profiles of Female Criminal Defendants

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-84

  Aderibigbe, Yekeen A ^a   Arboleda Florez, J ^b   Crisante, Annette ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Calgary General Hospital   (Canada)

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EID: 84993775920     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X96401009     Document Type: Article

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