A definite maybe: Proof and probability in civil commitment
β Scribed by John Monahan; David B. Wexler
- Book ID
- 105048398
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 437 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0147-7307
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