Are release recommendations for NGRI acquittees informed by relevant data?

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-55

  Manguno Mire, Gina M ^a   Thompson Jr , John W ^a,b   Bertman Pate, Lisa J ^a   Burnett, Darla R ^b   Thompson, Hilary W ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COURT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUILT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRIME; ETHNIC GROUPS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; LOUISIANA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947181431     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.724     Document Type: Article

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