Suicide behind bars
Subtitle: prediction and prevention
By: David Lester & Bruce L. Danto
Contributors: Danto, Bruce L.
Publisher: Charles Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780914783626
Subjects: Suicide; Psychology; Prisoners; Suicidal behavior; Selbstmord; Strafgefangener; Prevention; Prevention & control; Gefängnis; Selbstmordgefährdung
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-168).
Table of contents: title: The spectrum of inmate suicide; title: Inmate suicide: how common is it?; title: Which inmates commit suicide?; title: Suicide attempts and self-mutilation; title: Theories of inmate suicide; title: Screening inmates for suicidal risk; title: Facility design; title: The organization and the staff; title: Counseling the suicidal inmate; title: Institutional programs for suicide prevention; title: The escalating problem of inmate suicide.