Young male prisoners in a Young Offenders’ Institution: their contact with suicidal behaviour by others

Prison suicide rates are increasing. The impact of witnessing a suicide or how many people do so is unknown. The aim of this study was to find how many young people detained in a Young Offenders’ Institution (YOI) have had contact with another's suicide attempt and to test for association betwe...

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Published in:	Journal of adolescence (London, England.) England.), 2003-12, Vol.26 (6), p.667-685
Main Authors:	Hales, H, Davison, S, Misch, P, Taylor, P.J
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Acquaintances Adolescent Adolescent boys Adolescents Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Attrition (Research Studies) Awareness Behavior Biological and medical sciences Correctional Institutions Exposure Family - psychology Humans Imprisonment Institutionalized Persons Intervention Juvenile Correctional Institutions Juvenile Delinquency - psychology Juvenile Delinquency - statistics & numerical data Juvenile Offenders Logistic Models London - epidemiology Male Males Medical sciences Parasuicide Peer Group Prisoners Prisoners - psychology Prisoners - statistics & numerical data Prisons - utilization Psychology, Adolescent Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Questionnaires Risk factors Self Destructive Behavior Self-Injurious Behavior - epidemiology Selfinjury Social behavior disorders. Criminal behavior. Delinquency Suicidal behaviour Suicide Suicide - psychology Suicide - statistics & numerical data Suicides & suicide attempts Surveys and Questionnaires Time Factors Young adults Young offenders Youth Youth custody centres
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