TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Staff use of mandatory notification as a means of reducing suicide and self-harm in nsw correctional centres
JO  - Psychiatry, psychology and law
A1  - Snoyman, Phillip
A1  - Aicken, Berindah
A1  - Ware, Jayson
A1  - Spilsbury, Georgina
SP  - 255
EP  - 272
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
N2  - Staff working within correctional services have a duty of care to provide safe and humane treatment for people who are incarcerated. Correctional staff are tasked with ensuring that self-harm is minimized for people who are incarcerated. The extent of self-harm behaviour in offenders managed by Corrective Services New South Wales (CSNSW) is explored in terms of staff response to behaviours. Self-harm is conceptualized along a continuum that can be described in four categories ranging from potentially lethal to preventative. Although staff do not overtly use this conceptual model, it is useful to describe self-harm behaviour in relation to CSNSW practice. The relationship between self-harm and violent and "breach of order" offences is explored. Finally, although not formally used by staff, risk of reoffending as measured by the Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R) is found to be significantly related to staff understanding of self-harm risk. Implications of these findings are discussed.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1321-8719
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2012.665223
ID  - ref1
ER  -