Databases and research on mentally abnormal offenders

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 370-389

  Smith, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case register; Database; Epidemiology; Prison; Record linkage; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; DATA BASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030870939     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189708412018     Document Type: Article

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