Assessing Suicide and Risk Behaviors in an Incarcerated American Indian Population: Investigating Culturally Sensitive Risk Assessment Instruments and Procedures in a Border Jail. Final Report

摘要

The objective of this investigation was to move jail practitioners closer to an understanding of what is a good, if not best, practice in performing suicide risk assessments of detainees, based on actual practice evidence. Further, this inquiry was framed from an awareness of the cultural context in which jails are situated. Consequently, risk detection and prediction were explored among the dominant population admitted into the detention center, that consist of Caucasians, as well among as the detained dominant cultural minority population, who are American Indians.