Crimes against people with mental illness: Types, perpetrators, and influencing factors

Social Work

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-124

  Marley, James A ^a   Buila, Sarah ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental illness; Perpetrators; Person in environment; Victimization; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0035318324     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/46.2.115     Document Type: Article

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