Discharged from special hospital under restrictions: A comparison of the fates of psychopaths and the mentally ill

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-55

  Steels, Mark ^a   Roney, Gerry ^b   Larkin, Emmet ^c   Jones, Peter ^d   Croudace, Tim ^d   Duggan, Conor ^d  

^a Mandala Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b Newton Lodge   (United Kingdom)

^c East Midlands Centre for Forensic Mental Health   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOPATHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 0031981173     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.210     Document Type: Article

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