Psychodynamic differentiations of homicide.
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"What is Fate?" Nasrudin was asked by a scholar. "An endless succession of intertwined events, each influencing the other. " "That is hardly a satisfactory answer. I believe in cause and effect." "Very well," said the Mulla, "look at that." He pointed to a procession passing in the street. "That man is being taken to be hanged. Is that because someone gave him a silver piece and enabled him to buy the knife with which he committed the murder; or because someone saw him do it; or because nobody stopped him?"* * *
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
دوره 6 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978