National study of jail suicides: seven years later

• Published in: Psychiatric quarterly Vol. 60; no. 1; p. 7
• Main Author: Hayes, L M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 1989
• Subjects: Adult; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Female; Humans; Male; Prisons; Suicide - prevention & control; Suicide - psychology; Suicide - statistics & numerical data; Time Factors; United States; United States

Project staff from the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) gathered information from all jails (county and city) and police department lockups throughout the country regarding the incidence of jail suicides during 1985 and 1986. The study resulted in the identification of 854 jai...