A comparison of male and female theft offenders remanded to a state psychiatric hospital

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 304-307

  Woo, B S C ^a   Parker, G ^a,b   Loh, M I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Depression; Schizophrenia; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; THEFT;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THEFT;

EID: 0035409820     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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