Suicide in prisons in England and Wales from 1988 to 1995

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 184-192

  Towl, Graham J ^a   Crighton, David A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Broadway House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRISON; RESEARCH; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031763643     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.245     Document Type: Article

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