Mental disorder is a cause of crime: The cornerstone of forensic psychiatry

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 342-347

  Anckarsäter, Henrik ^b   Radovic, Susanna ^b,c   Svennerlind, Christer ^b   Höglund, Pontus ^a   Radovic, Filip ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cause; Crime; Forensic psychiatry; INUS condition; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRIME; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CAUSALITY; CRIME; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 70350564369     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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