Demographic, criminogenic, and psychiatric factors that predict competency restoration

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 297-306

  Colwell, Lori H ^a   Gianesini, Julie ^b  

^a Young Adult Services   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80052661522     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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