| Literature DB >> 27696398 |
Christine Tartaro1, David Lester2.
Abstract
Despite the level of supervision of inmates on death row, their suicide rate is higher than both the male prison population in the United States and the population of males over the age of 14 in free society. This study presents suicide data for death row inmates from 1978 through 2010. For the years 1978 through 2010, suicide rates on death row were higher than that for the general population of males over the age of 15 and for state prisons for all but 2 years.Keywords: capital punishment; death penalty; death row; forensic science; prison; suicide
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27696398 DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13069
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Forensic Sci ISSN: 0022-1198 Impact factor: 1.832