Gender differences in reoffending after discharge from medium-secure units: National cohort study in England and Wales

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 189, Issue AUG., 2006, Pages 168-172

  Maden, Anthony ^a,e   Skapinakis, Petros ^b,c   Lewis, Glyn ^b   Scott, Fiona ^a   Jamieson, Elizabeth ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIME; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PRISONS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; WALES;

EID: 33747185723     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.014613     Document Type: Article

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