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Latest papers
Lessons from Canadian Courts for All Expert Witnesses.
The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law · 2019 · senior author
Sexual sadism in sexual offenders and sexually motivated homicide.
The Psychiatric clinics of North America · 2014 · senior author
2 publications.
01
Lessons from Canadian Courts for All Expert Witnesses.
Booth BD, Watts J, Dufour M
The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law2019Senior author
02
Sexual sadism in sexual offenders and sexually motivated homicide.
Briken P, Bourget D, Dufour M
The Psychiatric clinics of North America2014Senior author
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