Governing risky individuals: The role of psychiatry in new regimes of control

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-195

  Rose, Nikolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HAZARD; MENTAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032416706     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218719809524933     Document Type: Article

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