Prison structure, inmate mortality and suicide risk in Europe

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 222-230

  Rabe, Klaus ^a  

^a Abteilung für Forensische Psychiatrie I   (Germany)

Author keywords

Jail; Mortality; Prison; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; EUROPE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRISON; PUNISHMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84859833133     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: 18736386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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