Patterns and prevalence of arrest in a statewide cohort of mental health care consumers

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1623-1628

  Fisher, William H ^a   Roy Bujnowski, Kristen M ^a   Grudzinskas Jr , Albert J ^a   Clayfield, Jonathan C ^a   Banks, Steven M ^a   Wolff, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33751330853     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2006.57.11.1623     Document Type: Article

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