Criminal responsibility

Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, 2Ed

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 213-232

  Miller, Robert D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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