Psychiatric and Psychological Assessments for the Courts

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Veen v R (1979) 23 ALR 281; 53 ALJR 305.

Sallmann P

, “ 'Dangerousness': A Deceptive Idea”Legal Service Bulletin October 1979208.

Brief psychiatric examinations leading to quite profound conclusions have been adverted to by Bartholomew, A A and Milte K L (1976) 50 ALJR 450 who cite

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“Psychiatric Examinations in the Determination of Sexual Dangerousness in Massachusetts” (1974) 10New England Law Review85. See also Sandifer, M G, Hordern, A and Green, L M, (1970) 126 American Journal of Psychiatry 978 and Bean, P, (1979) 135 British Journal of Psychiatry 122.