1. See Lindsay M. Hayes and Barbara Kajdan,And Darkness Closes In ... A National Study of Jail Suicides. Washington, D.C.: National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, October, 1981.
2. Bobbie Hopes and Ruth Shaull, Jail Suicide Prevention: Effective Programs Can Save Lives,Corrections Today, December, 1986, pp. 64?70.
3. Special Commission to Investigate Suicide in Municipal Detention Centers,Final Report?Suicides in Massachusetts Lockups, 1973?1984. Boston, Massachusetts, 1984. Unfortunately, the study's data base was distorted by the lumping of completed suicides with attempts (including simple gesture). Despite this flaw, the Massachusetts study provided interesting data on lockup suicides.
4. John M. Memory,Jail Suicides in South Carolina: 1978?1984. Unpublished Paper. Columbia, South Carolina: Office of the Governor, Division of Public Safety Programs, 1984.
5. Patricia L. Hardyman,The Ultimate Escape: Suicide in Ohio's Jails and Temporary Detention Facilities, 1980?1981. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Bureau of Adult Detention Facilities and Services, March, 1983.