Discretion in access to forensic psychiatric units

Exercising Discretion: Decision-Making in the Criminal Justice System and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 125-138

  Grounds, Adrian ^a   Howes, Marie ^b   Gelsthorpe, Loraine ^c  

^a Institute of Criminology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c PEMBROKE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781843924470     Document Type: Chapter

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