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Suicide in Jail - A Comparison of Two Groups of Suicidal Inmates to Jail Suicide Victims

NCJ Number
98049
Journal
Corrective and Social Psychiatry and Journal of Behavior Technology Methods and Therapy Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Dated: (July 1985) Pages: 71-76
Author(s)
N D Deheer; H S Schweitzer
Date Published
1985
Length
6 pages
Annotation
Studies of suicide in the nation's jails have given rise to the development of a 'victim profile.'
Abstract
This paper compares two groups to suicidal jail inmates to studies of jail suicide victims to assess the efficacy of the use of a victim profile in the identification and prevention of jail suicide. (Publisher abstract)

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