Psychiatric survey of offenders under criminal commitment in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 447-450

  Yap, H L ^a   Sim, L P ^b   Lim, L C C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b MOUNT ELIZABETH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Criminal commitment; Offenders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGAPORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033160146     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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