Judgments of dangerousness: Are sex offenders assessed differently than civil psychiatric patients?

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 146-153

  Mercado, Cynthia Calkins ^a   Elbogen, Eric B ^b   Scalora, Mario ^a   Tomkins, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035715165     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218710109525014     Document Type: Article

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