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So You're Sorry? The Role of Remorse in Criminal Law

Rocksheng Zhong, Madelon Baranoski, Neal Feigenson, Larry Davidson, Alec Buchanan and Howard V. Zonana
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online March 2014, 42 (1) 39-48;
Rocksheng Zhong
Dr. Zhong is a Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. Drs. Baranoski and Buchanan are Associate Professors and Drs. Davidson and Zonana are Professors, Yale University School of Medicine Dept of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT. Mr. Feigenson is Professor, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT. This research was supported by the Yale University School of Medicine William U. Gardner Memorial One-Year Medical Student Research Fellowship.
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Dr. Zhong is a Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. Drs. Baranoski and Buchanan are Associate Professors and Drs. Davidson and Zonana are Professors, Yale University School of Medicine Dept of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT. Mr. Feigenson is Professor, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT. This research was supported by the Yale University School of Medicine William U. Gardner Memorial One-Year Medical Student Research Fellowship.
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Dr. Zhong is a Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. Drs. Baranoski and Buchanan are Associate Professors and Drs. Davidson and Zonana are Professors, Yale University School of Medicine Dept of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT. Mr. Feigenson is Professor, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT. This research was supported by the Yale University School of Medicine William U. Gardner Memorial One-Year Medical Student Research Fellowship.
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Larry Davidson
Dr. Zhong is a Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. Drs. Baranoski and Buchanan are Associate Professors and Drs. Davidson and Zonana are Professors, Yale University School of Medicine Dept of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT. Mr. Feigenson is Professor, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT. This research was supported by the Yale University School of Medicine William U. Gardner Memorial One-Year Medical Student Research Fellowship.
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Alec Buchanan
Dr. Zhong is a Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. Drs. Baranoski and Buchanan are Associate Professors and Drs. Davidson and Zonana are Professors, Yale University School of Medicine Dept of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT. Mr. Feigenson is Professor, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT. This research was supported by the Yale University School of Medicine William U. Gardner Memorial One-Year Medical Student Research Fellowship.
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Howard V. Zonana
Dr. Zhong is a Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. Drs. Baranoski and Buchanan are Associate Professors and Drs. Davidson and Zonana are Professors, Yale University School of Medicine Dept of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT. Mr. Feigenson is Professor, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT. This research was supported by the Yale University School of Medicine William U. Gardner Memorial One-Year Medical Student Research Fellowship.
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vol. 42 no. 1 39-48
PubMed 
24618518

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
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1093-6793
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  • Published online March 11, 2014.

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  1. Rocksheng Zhong, MD, MHS,
  2. Madelon Baranoski, PhD, MSN,
  3. Neal Feigenson, JD,
  4. Larry Davidson, PhD,
  5. Alec Buchanan, MD, PhD and
  6. Howard V. Zonana, MD
  1. Dr. Zhong is a Resident, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA. Drs. Baranoski and Buchanan are Associate Professors and Drs. Davidson and Zonana are Professors, Yale University School of Medicine Dept of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT. Mr. Feigenson is Professor, Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, CT. This research was supported by the Yale University School of Medicine William U. Gardner Memorial One-Year Medical Student Research Fellowship.
  1. Address correspondence to: Rocksheng Zhong, MD, 108 Dobbs Drive, Hi Nella, NJ 08083. E-mail: rocksheng.zhong{at}uphs.upenn.edu.
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