Criminal offenses among discharged mentally ill individuals: Determinants of the duration from discharge and absence of diagnostic specificity

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 197-207

  Satsumi, Yuki ^a   Inada, Toshiya ^b   Yamauchi, Tadamitsu ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

^c Institute of Social Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0032029912     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(98)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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