Finnish female homicide offenders 1982-92

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 672-684

  Putkonen, Hanna ^a   Collander, Jutta ^b   Honkasalo, Marja Liisa ^c   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Homicide; Psychiatric care; Responsibility; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0031797019     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189808405381     Document Type: Article

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