Penrose's Law revisited: The relationship between mental institution beds, prison population and crime rate

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-56

  Hartvig, Pål ^a   Kjelsberg, Ellen ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Correctional facilities; Crime rates; De institutionalization; Mental health institutions; Prison inmates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NORWAY; PENROSE LAW; PRISON; PRISONER; THEORY;

CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; NORWAY; POLICE; PRISONERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 59249100318     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480802298697     Document Type: Article

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