County Jail Suicides in a Midwestern State: Moving Beyond the Use of Profiles

The Prison Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-148

  Winter, Melinda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

jails; profiles; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349199463     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: 15527522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885503083002002     Document Type: Article

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