Are Special Hospitals needed?

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-35

  Coid, Jeremy ^a   Kahtan, Nadji ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medium security; Service provision; Special Hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SEXUAL DEVIATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034039684     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851800362337     Document Type: Article

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