Memorandum from Dr. Alice Mills. Preventing Deaths in Custody. Main causes of deaths in custody
Memorandum from Dr. Alice Mills. Preventing Deaths in Custody. Main causes of deaths in custody
Traditionally, suicide in prison has been seen as being caused by individual, internal traits or characteristics, such as psychological defects and many early studies mentioned the high preponderance of mental illness/psychiatric contact and substance misuse among those who commit suicide in prison.
However, as prisons tend to “specialise” in people with mental health problems and substance misusers, any prediction made on the basis of these factors is likely to generate a high number of false positives. In order to distinguish those at risk from suicide/self-harm from those who are not, it is necessary to look for other indicators of vulnerability.
0104004037
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Mills, Alice
16d8c043-116a-4e85-aaf5-e7f705428a77
2004
Mills, Alice
16d8c043-116a-4e85-aaf5-e7f705428a77
Mills, Alice
(2004)
Memorandum from Dr. Alice Mills. Preventing Deaths in Custody. Main causes of deaths in custody.
In,
Joint Committee on Human Rights.
(Deaths in Custody: Interim Report, 21)
London, UK.
The Stationery Office, .
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Traditionally, suicide in prison has been seen as being caused by individual, internal traits or characteristics, such as psychological defects and many early studies mentioned the high preponderance of mental illness/psychiatric contact and substance misuse among those who commit suicide in prison.
However, as prisons tend to “specialise” in people with mental health problems and substance misusers, any prediction made on the basis of these factors is likely to generate a high number of false positives. In order to distinguish those at risk from suicide/self-harm from those who are not, it is necessary to look for other indicators of vulnerability.
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Published date: 2004
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First Report of Session 2003-04
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