Mental illness, crime, and violence: Risk, context, and social control

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-44

  Markowitz, Fred E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Jail; Mental illness; Prison; Psychiatric hospital; Violence

Indexed keywords

CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GROUP THERAPY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79951679622     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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