Impact of social changes on female mentally disordered offenders from 1980 to 1994 in Japan

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-310

  Xie, Liya ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 0031438645     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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