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- Title
Juvenile Suicide in Confinement-Findings from the First National Survey.
- Authors
HAYES, LINDSAY M.
- Abstract
Findings from the first national survey on juvenile suicide in confinement are provided, and include the extent and distribution of juvenile suicides, as well as descriptive data on demographic characteristics of each victim, incident, and juvenile facility which sustained the suicide. Among the significant findings were that suicides were evenly distributed, i.e., the same number of deaths occurred within the first few days of confinement as occurred over many months of confinement; most deaths occurred during traditional waking hours; a strong association between room confinement and suicide was found, and no relationship between intoxication and suicide was found. Suicide prevention resources were found to be particularly lacking in juvenile detention centers that experienced suicides.
- Subjects
JUVENILE corrections; SUICIDE prevention; JUVENILE delinquency; SUICIDE victims; IMPRISONMENT; SUICIDE risk factors; CORRECTIONAL institutions; DETENTION facilities; JUVENILE detention homes
- Publication
Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009, Vol 39, Issue 4, p353
- ISSN
0363-0234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/suli.2009.39.4.353