Psychiatry reforms and increasing criminal behavior of the severely mentally ill: Any link?

International Journal of Forensic Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Schanda, Hans ^a   Stompe, Thomas ^a   Ortwein Swoboda, Gerhard ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Justizanstalt Gollersdorf   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mentally disordered offenders; Psychiatry reforms; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Societal changes; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013134740     PISSN: 14999013     EISSN: 19329903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14999010903199290     Document Type: Article

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