In:
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 37, No. 4 ( 1993-12), p. 331-337
Abstract:
Although violence in psychiatric hospital wards is of increasing concern, homicide is a rare event. Among the exceptions is a chronic schizophrenic patient, who murdered a fellow demented inpatient. Overcrowding, staff organization, and poor compliance with therapy are among the known risk factors for violence occurring in this case. A further precipitating circumstance was a period of legal uncertainty in Italy owing to a change in the law.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0306-624X
,
1552-6933
DOI:
10.1177/0306624X9303700406
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1993
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2034467-3
SSG:
2
SSG:
2,1