Mentally ill elderly jail detainees: Psychiatric, psychosocial and legal factors

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 77-86

  Paradis, Cheryl ^a   Broner, Nahama ^b   Maher, Lisa Marie ^c   O’rourke, Thomas ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Correctional Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Delusions; Elderly offenders; Mentally ill elderly

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008829499     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v31n01_05     Document Type: Article

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