A ten-year follow-up of criminality in Stockholm mental patients: New evidence for a relation between mental disorder and crime

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 145-155

  Belfrage, Henrik ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Forensic Psychiatric Centre   (Sweden)

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EID: 0032341992     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a014217     Document Type: Article

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