Section 136 use in the London Borough of Haringey

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 342-348

  Simmons, Peter ^a   Hoar, Amanda ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST ANN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035489966     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240104100412     Document Type: Article

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