Mentally disordered offenders and the European Court of Human Rights

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 546-557

  Prior, Pauline M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Human rights; Law; Mental disorder; Mental illness; Offender

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OFFENDER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PROTECTION;

CRIME; EUROPE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 35548970317     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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