Incremental conditions of isolation as a predictor of suicide in prisoners

Forensic Science International

Volumn 233, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages

  Roma, Paolo ^a   Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Lester, David ^b   Girardi, Paolo ^a   Ferracuti, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Custody conditions; Isolation; Prisoning; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE;

CUSTODY CONDITIONS; ISOLATION; PRISONING; SUICIDE;

HUMANS; ITALY; PRISONERS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84889574302     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Fazel S., Baillargeon J. The health of prisoners. Lancet 2011, 377:956-965.
2. Kupers T. Prison Madness. The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It. 1999, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco.
3. Skegg K., Cox B. Impact of psychiatric services on prison suicide. Lancet 1991, 5338:1436-1438.
4. Green C., Andre G., Kendall K., Looman T., Polvi N. A study of 133 suicides among Canadian federal prisoners. Forum Corrections Res. 1992, 4(3):1-19.
5. Bonner R.L. Stressful segregation housing and psychosocial vulnerability in prison suicide ideators. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2006, 36(2):250-254.
6. Hayes L. Prison suicide: an overview and guide to prevention (Part 2). Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 1995, 16(1):9-12.
7. Lester D., Tartaro C. Suicide on death row. J. Forensic Sci. 2002, 47(5):1108-1111.