Legal outcomes of all suspected neonaticides in Finland 1980-2000

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 248-254

  Putkonen, Hanna ^a,b   Collander, Jutta ^a   Weizmann Henelius, Ghitta ^a   Eronen, Markku ^a  

^a VANHA VAASA HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NEONATICIDE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; FINLAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PUNISHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247520465     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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