
Preventing suicide and suicidal behaviour in prison settings: from academic data to practical implementation
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- Louis Favril (UGent)
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- Abstract
- Suicide is a leading cause of death in prison populations worldwide. In addition to suicide deaths, suicidal ideation and non-fatal suicide attempts also warrant attention. Because suicidal ideation is a significant predictor of subsequent (attempted) suicide, as well as important in its own right as an indicator of emotional distress, the improved understanding of the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation in prisoners is critical in order to inform suicide prevention efforts. Between October 2015 and May 2016, a cross-sectional study was conducted in fifteen prisons in Flanders, Belgium. Participants were a random sample of 1,326 prisoners who completed a survey, covering a wide range of relevant sociodemographic, criminological, psychiatric and institutional variables. Results are compared to international findings, and policy implications and recommendations are discussed.
- Keywords
- prevention, prison, Flanders, suicidal ideation, suicide
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8085540
- MLA
- Favril, Louis. “Preventing Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour in Prison Settings: From Academic Data to Practical Implementation.” 18th Annual Conference of the International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA), Abstracts, 2016.
- APA
- Favril, L. (2016). Preventing suicide and suicidal behaviour in prison settings: from academic data to practical implementation. 18th Annual Conference of the International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA), Abstracts. Presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA), Bucharest, Romania.
- Chicago author-date
- Favril, Louis. 2016. “Preventing Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour in Prison Settings: From Academic Data to Practical Implementation.” In 18th Annual Conference of the International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA), Abstracts. International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA).
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Favril, Louis. 2016. “Preventing Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour in Prison Settings: From Academic Data to Practical Implementation.” In 18th Annual Conference of the International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA), Abstracts. International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA).
- Vancouver
- 1.Favril L. Preventing suicide and suicidal behaviour in prison settings: from academic data to practical implementation. In: 18th Annual Conference of the International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA), Abstracts. International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA); 2016.
- IEEE
- [1]L. Favril, “Preventing suicide and suicidal behaviour in prison settings: from academic data to practical implementation,” in 18th Annual Conference of the International Corrections and Prison Association (ICPA), Abstracts, Bucharest, Romania, 2016.
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