Prison psychiatry in Japan.
This article discusses and provides statistics, on a comparative basis, of crime trends in Japan with special reference to mentally disordered offenders. It also highlights some of the problems experienced by prison psychiatrists.
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011330:Prisons