Forensic mental health law reform in Japan: From criminal warehousing to broad-spectrum specialist services?

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-100

  Weisstub, David N ^a   Carney, Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISABILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JAPAN; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRISON; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33644645516     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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