Commentary: Older offenders - No place to go?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-337

  Yorston, Graeme A ^a   Taylor, Pamela J ^b  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OFFENDER; PRISONER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS;

EID: 33845983970     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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