Dangerous liaisons: Personality disorder and the politics of risk

Punishment and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-317

  Seddon, Toby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dangerousness; DSPD; Personality disorder; Preventive detention; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249114075     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474508090230     Document Type: Article

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