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Understanding the use of the insanity defense

✍ Scribed by George L. Blau; Hugh McGinley; Richard Pasewark

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Weight: 462 KB
Volume: 49
Category: Article
ISSN: 0021-9762
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(199305)49:3<435::aid-jclp2270490319>3.0.co;2-p

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