Do forensic offenders receive harsher sentences? An examination of legal outcomes

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-57

  Holley, H ^a   Arboleda Florez J ^a   Crisanti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HUMAN; LAW; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PUNISHMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032405040     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(97)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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