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Research Article

Gender differences vs gender bias in forensic psychiatric assessment of non-psychotic mentally disturbed violent defendants in Denmark

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Pages 646-659 | Received 21 Sep 2020, Accepted 12 Jul 2022, Published online: 18 Aug 2022

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