Mentally Disordered Offenders
Crime And Mental Disorder, The Mental Health And Criminal Justice Systems, The Future Treatment Of Disordered Offenders
This entry covers the relationship of mental disorder to crime, the overlap between the criminal justice and mental health systems, and the nature and operation of institutions and programs that deal with mentally disordered criminals.
STEPHEN J. MORSE
See also COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL; CRIME CAUSATION: PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES; DIMINISHED CAPACITY; EXCUSE: INSANITY; PREDICTION OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM; PSYCHOPATHY; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SEXUAL PREDATORS.
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