Open AccessJail segregation today, hospital seclusion tomorrow
Author(s) -
Gary Chaimowitz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of risk and recovery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2561-5645
DOI - 10.15173/ijrr.v2i2.4188
Subject(s) - seclusion , harm , forensic psychiatry , psychiatry , psychology , criminology , medicine , political science , law
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.