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Suicide in Corrections - Juvenile Suicide

  • NIC - Desktop Guide: Ch.16 Behavior Observation, Recording, and Report Writing

    "The old adage, “If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen,” does not represent the truth.

  • NIC - Desktop Guide: Ch.11 Mental Health

    "Youth with mental health disorders continue to enter and remain in juvenile detention, corrections, and adult jails and prisons.

  • Preventing Suicide: Working With Youth Who Are Justice Involved (2013)

    "The task force produced resources, organized by workgroup name and described in greater detail below, to provide findings, recommendations, and pr

  • Youth in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System Task Force (2016)

    "Preventing Suicide among Justice-Involved Youth: Newly Developed Tools, Recommendations, and Research This webinar held on April 17, 2014, describ

  • 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action

    "The 2012 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (the National Strategy) is the result of a joint effort by the Office of the U.S.

  • Need to Know: A Fact Sheet Series on Juvenile Suicide (2013)

    "Need to Know: A Fact Sheet Series on Juvenile Suicide was developed by the Youth in Contact with the Juvenile Justice System Task Force of the Nat

  • Suicidal Behaviors among Adolescents in Juvenile Detention: Role of Adverse Life Experiences (2014)

    "The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of multiple adverse life experiences (sexual abuse, homelessness, running away, and substanc