TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Suicide risk assessment in jails
JO  - Journal of forensic psychology practice
A1  - Blasko, B.
A1  - Jeglic, E.L.
A1  - Malkin, S.
SP  - 67
EP  - 76
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
N2  - Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in jails. It is the role of the clinician to assess an inmate's risk for suicidal behavior. Typically this involves an assessment of an inmate's suicidal intent coupled with their access to lethal means. However, in a jail environment there are various environmental and psychological stressors which complicate suicide risk assessments. This paper examines suicide risk assessments using case examples of suicidal inmates that are typical of those found in jails. © 2008 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1522-8932
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228930801947310
ID  - ref1
ER  -