National instant criminal background check improvement act: Implications for persons with mental illness

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-130

  Price, Marilyn ^a,b,c   Norris, Donna M ^c  

^a BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DATA BASE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FIREARM; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; PUBLIC OPINION; PURCHASING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIME; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FIREARMS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42149091670     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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