Law & psychiatry: dangerous persons, moral panic, and the uses of psychiatry

Psychiatr Serv. 2003 Apr;54(4):441-2. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.441.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Legal Case

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder / pathology
  • Civil Rights / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Dangerous Behavior*
  • Fear
  • Homicide / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Morals
  • Prisoners / psychology
  • Safety / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Self Mutilation
  • United States
  • Victoria