title: Psychiatric in-patient violence: issues of English law and discipline within hospitals.
abstract: There has been a considerable increase in the number of publications about psychiatric patient violence, perhaps indicating an increase in violence or an increase in staff anxiety about assault. Missing from the debate are issues of law and ward discipline and these are discussed here.
authors.affiliation: University of Cambridge, Institute of Criminology.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Crichton
mesh_terms: D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D006113:United Kingdom; D014754:Violence