Psychological Characteristics and Predictors of Suicide Probability in High-Risk Prisoners

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 321-335

  Gooding, Patricia A ^a   Tarrier, Nicholas ^b   Dunn, Graham ^a   Awenat, Yvonne ^a   Shaw, Jennifer ^a   Ulph, Fiona ^a   Pratt, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

defeat; entrapment; hopelessness; prisoners; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013197049     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854816650478     Document Type: Article

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