A case control study: White-collar defendants compared with defendants charged with other nonviolent theft

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-89

  Poortinga, Ernest ^a,c   Lemmen, Craig ^a   Jibson, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Michigan Center for Forensic Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FORGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; RACE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEFT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICHIGAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; THEFT;

EID: 33645704461     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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