Characteristics of need and risk among women prisoners referred to inreach mental health services

The British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 12-21

  Loughran, Michael ^a   Seewoonarain, Kishane ^a  

^a Essex Forensic Mental Health Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inreach; Mental health; Offending behaviour; Women life sentence prisoners; Women prisoners; Young offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864755603     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: 20428340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636646200500017     Document Type: Review

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