Increasing the power of psychiatric court diversion: A new model of supra-district diversion centre

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-60

  James, David V ^a   Harlow, Paul ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Redford Lodge Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0033630379     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240004000111     Document Type: Article

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