An examination of gender and racial differences among Missouri insanity acquittees

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 411-424

  Linhorst, Donald M ^b   Hunsucker, Laura ^c   Parker, Lisa D ^a  

^a St Louis Psychiat Rehab Center   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COURT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031712153     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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