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Citation

Fruehwald S, Frottier P, Eher R, Ritter K, Aigner M. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2000; 30(3): 272-281.

Affiliation

Clinical Department of Social Psychiatry, University Clinic of Psychiatry, Vienna General Hospital, Austria. stefan.fruehwald@univie.ac.at

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11079639

Abstract

The absolute and relative frequency of suicides in jails and prisons in Austria over the 50 years from 1947 to 1996 is described. Important legislational changes regarding the criminal justice system are discussed with regard to possible consequences for the incidence of prisoners' suicides. Within the five decades a significant increase in the absolute numbers of jail and prison suicides was evident in spite of the considerable decrease in the total inmate population. Therefore, the suicide rate of inmates of correctional facilities increased significantly. Possible reasons for this phenomenon are discussed in relation to changes of the criminal law.

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