Client progress in a community team for mentally disordered offenders

The British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-22

  Dalton, Rita ^a  

^a BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Mentally disordered offenders; Models of community care; Outcome measures; Restricted patients; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992992435     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: 20428340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636646200500004     Document Type: Review

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