Criminality of the mentally ill in sheltered care: Are they more dangerous?

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-105

  Hwang, Sung Dong ^a   Segal, Steven P ^b  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0029920550     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0160-2527(95)00029-1     Document Type: Article

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