Risk assessment among prisoners: A view from a Parole Board member

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 273-282

  Tidmarsh, David ^a,b  

^a Parole Board of England and Wales   (United Kingdom)

^b BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030753301     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540269775493     Document Type: Review

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