Analyzing offense patterns as a function of mental illness to test the criminalization hypothesis

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1217-1222

  Peterson, Jillian ^a   Skeem, Jennifer L ^a   Hart, Eliza ^a   Vidal, Sarah ^b   Keith, Felicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; GANG; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OFFENDER; PSYCHOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 79953091319     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2010.61.12.1217     Document Type: Article

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