The suicidal inmate: a comparison of inmates who attempt versus complete suicide
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The aim of this study was to identify risk factors distinguishing inmates who attempt suicide from inmates who complete suicide. Compared with attempters, completers tended to be older, male, more educated, and married or separated/divorced; pretrial, committed for a violent crime, incarcerated in jail, housed in an inpatient mental health unit or protective custody setting, living in a single cell, not on suicide precautions, not previously under close observation; and more likely to act during overnight hours and die by hanging/self-strangulation. Targeted assessment of a broad range of risk factors is necessary to inform suicide prevention efforts in correctional facilities.
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- Authors
- Boren, E. A., Folk, J. B., Loya, J. M., Tangney, J. P., Barboza, S. E., & Wilson, J. S.
- Affiliations
- George Mason University (US)
- MHM Services, Inc. Vienna VA USA
- Corresponding author
- Boren, Emily A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-08-17
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 570-579
- ISSN
- 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-278X
- PMC
- PMC5816720
- OpenAlex
- W2749087379
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 3.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (1F31DA039620)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Keywords
- inmate suicide, suicide attempts, suicide mortality, risk factors, prisons, suicide prevention, protective custody, psychiatric ward, hanging, self-strangulation, jail inmates
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prisoners, Prisons, Psychological Theory, Risk Factors, Suicide, Suicide, Attempted, Self-Injurious Behavior, Young Adult
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