Exploring Gender Differences in Suicidal Behavior among Adolescent Offenders: Findings and Implications.

Miller, Darcy

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ERIC Number: EJ492472

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Exploring Gender Differences in Suicidal Behavior among Adolescent Offenders: Findings and Implications.

Miller, Darcy

Journal of Correctional Education, v45 n3 p134-38 Sep 1994

A study investigated gender differences and similarities in suicide ideation and attempts and rationales for suicidal behavior by adolescent offenders (n=84). Results indicate that female adolescent offenders think about and attempt suicide significantly more often than their male counterparts. (JOW)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Curriculum Development, Delinquency, Females, Self Injurious Behavior, Sex Differences, Suicide, Tables (Data)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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