AbstractThe jail suicide rates for 1985–1986 were not related to the existence of state standards for jail suicide prevention which had been established in 13 of 35 states responding to a 1989 survey, but were related to the states' jail population.Get full access to this articleView all access options for this article.Get accessReferences1.Anon. National standards of jail suicide prevention. Jail Suicide Update, 1989, 2(2), 1–7.2. Hayes L. M. Rowan J. R. National study of jail suicides. Alexandria, VA: National Center on Institutions & Alternatives, 1988.3. Maguire K. Flanagan T. J. Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics, 1990. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1991.
