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.
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Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
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