Psychopathic Personality Traits, Suicide Ideation, and Suicide Attempts in Male Prison Inmates

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 364-379

  Smith, Phillip N ^a   Selwyn, Candice N ^a   Wolford Clevenger, Caitlin ^b   Mandracchia, Jon T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

multiple suicide attempts; psychopathic traits; suicide attempt history; suicide ideation; suicide in corrections

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893588939     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854813506884     Document Type: Article

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