Officer attitudes towards adult male prisoners who self-harm: Development of an attitudinal measure and investigation of sex differences

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-72

  Ireland, Jane L ^a,b   Quinn, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ASHWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes and sex differences; Officer attitudes; Self harming in prisons; Suicide in prisons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOLDIER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRISONERS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33846512957     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20168     Document Type: Article

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