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Hybrid justice: proposals for the mentally disordered in the Crime (Sentences) Bill

The ethical, legal and health service cost implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Nigel Eastman
Nigel Eastman*
Affiliation:
St George's Hospital, Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , March 1997 , pp. 129 - 131
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