OJJDP Bulletin Examines Juvenile Suicide in Confinement
February 9, 2009
 The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has published “Characteristics of Juvenile Suicide in Confinement.”
This bulletin draws on data from the first national survey of suicides of youth in confinement, which was sponsored by OJJDP, to review juvenile suicides that occurred in confinement between 1995 and 1999. It describes the demographic characteristics and social history of the victims and examines the characteristics of the facilities in which the suicides occurred.
A more comprehensive account of the survey and its findings may be found in the online report “Juvenile Suicide in Confinement: A National Survey.”
Resources:
"Characteristics of Juvenile Suicide in Confinement" (NCJ 214434) is available at http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=235973.
Print copies may be ordered at http://www.ncjrs.gov/app/publications/alphaList.aspx . For quick access, search by document number.
To access the online report, visit http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/213691.pdf.
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