Measuring Insight in a High-security Forensic Setting Using the Behavioural Status Index

The British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 3-12

  Woods, Phil ^a   Reed, Val ^b   Collins, Mick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993047335     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: 20428340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636646200100015     Document Type: Review

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