Jail segregation today, hospital seclusion tomorrow

Auteurs-es

  • Gary Chaimowitz McMaster University & St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Canada

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.15173/ijrr.v2i2.4188

Mots-clés :

Forensic psychiatry, jail, psychiatric hospital, segregation, seclusion, human rights

Résumé

Gary Chaimowitz is a Professor of Psychiatry at McMaster University and the Head of the Forensic Psychiatry Program at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. Among many roles, Professor Chaimowitz has been granted Forensic Psychiatry Founder Status. He is one of the creators the Hamilton Anatomical Risk Management (HARM) and the Aggressive Incident Scale (AIS). Professor Chaimowitz is the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Risk and Recovery.

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2019-12-31

Comment citer

Chaimowitz, G. (2019). Jail segregation today, hospital seclusion tomorrow. International Journal of Risk and Recovery, 2(2), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijrr.v2i2.4188

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