Falls in Scottish homicide: lessons for homicide reduction in mental health patients

The sustained fall in Scottish homicide rates follows crime reduction measures informed by the epidemiology of suicide. The violence reduction unit targeted young men carrying knives in public. The restriction of weapons immediately to hand appears to have caused an absolute fall in homicide just as...

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Autor principal: Crichton, John H. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28811910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.116.054924