This paper oers a discussion of some of the nuances of mental disease or defect as required for the insanity defense in criminal law. It also compares and contrasts the mental disease or defect deยฎnitions of criminal law with those deยฎnitions used in clinical practice. It points out a general patter
The mental illness defense in the capital penalty hearing
โ Scribed by Dr. Lawrence T. White
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 681 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0735-3936
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