Identifying severely mentally ill inmates: Can small jails comply with detection standards?

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-34

  McLearen, Alix M ^a   Ryba, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentally ill inmates; Screening in jails

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009579144     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v37n01_03     Document Type: Article

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