Factors affecting jail detention of defendants adjudicated incompetent to proceed

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 707-716

  Christy, Annette ^a   Otto, Randy ^b   Finch, Jacquelyn ^b   Ringhoff, Daniel ^b   Kimonis, Eva R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958539065     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.961     Document Type: Article

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