Decision making and aggression in forensic psychiatric inpatients

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-383

  Bass, Stephanie L S ^a   Nussbaum, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Decision making; Forensic psychology; Institutional violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649304476     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809360043     Document Type: Article

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