Assessing and managing the risks in the stalking situation

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-450

  Mullen, Paul E ^a,b,d   Mackenzie, Rachel ^a,b   Ogloff, James R P ^a,b   Pathé, Michele ^a,b   McEwan, Troy ^a   Purcell, Rosemary ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Thomas Embling Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STALKING; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; CRIME; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRIME; CRIME VICTIMS; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34248649309     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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