Blame attribution regarding index offence on admission to secure hospital services

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-143

  Moore, Estelle ^a,b   Gudjonsson, Gisli ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blame attribution; Psychological assessment; Secure hospital services

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036005556     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160208415002     Document Type: Article

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