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Predicting Suicide Attempts Among Male Offenders in Federal Penitentiaries
Publication year:
2000
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: A suicide potential scale of nine indicators is examined. Contents include: executive summary; introduction; goals; method -- sources of information and initial sample selection; phase I findings -- variables important to suicide risk assessment; phase II findings -- mental health, psychological functioning, and institutional adjustment; summary of phase I and II findings; efficacy of the suicide potential scale for long-term assessment of suicide risk; and discussion on the process of suicide ideation and behavior, limitations, recommendations, and research initiatives.