Psychological distress and severity of personality disorder symptomatology in prisoners convicted of violent and sexual offences

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-273

  Davison, Sophie ^a,b   Taylor, Pamela J ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Personality disorder; Prisoner; Psychological distress; Violent offences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035739463     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160108401797     Document Type: Article

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