@article{ref1,
title="A Comprehensive Analysis of Suicide in Federal Prisons: A Fifteen-Year Review",
journal="Journal of correctional health care",
year="2002",
author="White, T.W. and Schimmel, D.J. and Frickey, R.",
volume="9",
number="3",
pages="321-343",
abstract="This study reports the findings of a retrospective analysis of psychological autopsies for all completed suicides in the Bureau of Prisons over a 15-year period. This study represents the most comprehensive data available about prison suicide. The data support the effectiveness of a structured suicide prevention program as well as the utility of psychological autopsies as a method of case review and data collection. Through an analysis of the psychological autopsy data, a number of basic demographic variables common to completed suicides were discovered which might be extrapolated to other prison populations. In addition, this methodology allowed high-risk populations to be identified, and a profile of inmates who committed suicide was constructed. Implications for future assessment and intervention strategies are discussed. © 2002, National Commission on Correctional Health Care. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1078-3458",
doi="10.1177/107834580200900308",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107834580200900308"
}