Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Suicide in Prisons

Liebling and Krarup conducted the most comprehensive study ever into suicide and self harm in prison between 1990 and 1992. Their research report, published in 1993, identified a range of characteristics and background factors associated with prisoners at risk of suicide and self harm [*] .
They found that many prisoners had experienced multiple deprivations prior to their imprisonment, and to this was added the stresses resulting from custody and a range of situational problems.
Although all prisoners may be vulnerable at certain times, they found that there were three particularly vulnerable groups: younger “poor copers”, those with mental health problems and adult male serious offenders.

What a characteristic of al-Quaida members:
experienced multiple deprivations PRIOR to their imprisonment, poor copers, with mental health problems and serious offenders.

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