Anti-stalking legislation in practice: Are we meeting community needs?

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-217

  McEwan, Troy E ^a   Mullen, Paul E ^a,b,c   MacKenzie, Rachel ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c Thomas Embling Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEAR; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRISON; REVIEW; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; STALKING; VICTIM;

EID: 36348945077     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.14.2.207     Document Type: Review

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