Mental disorders in prison populations aged 15-21: national register study of two cohorts in Finland.
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Juvenile delinquency is linked to psychiatric morbidity. w1-w9 We were interested in temporal changes in psychiatric morbidity in offenders. Criminal policy in many Western countries emphasises the need for alternative methods of punishment for adolescent prisoners. In Finland, successful policy to diminish the number of adolescents in prisons has been internationally recognised. We studied the changes in psychiatric hospitalisations in Finnish prisoners aged 15 to 21 to see whether a selection process occurs as the number of young prisoners decreases.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 330 7504 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005