Disturbed female offenders: Helping the 'untreatable'

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-118

  Gorsuch, Nikki ^a  

^a CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Offender; Personality disorder; Treatability; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON;

EID: 0032923294     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189908402142     Document Type: Article

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