Above the law: Escapes from a maximum security forensic hospital and psychopathy

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 547-550

  Gacono, Carl B ^a,d   Meloy, J Reid ^b   Speth, Eric ^c   Roske, Alan ^c  

^a United States Department of Justice   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Atascadero State Hospital   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALINGERING; PRISON; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSIS; RAPE; SADISM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIME; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; ESCAPE REACTION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS;

EID: 0031422379     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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