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Abstract: 

While youth suicide in the community has been identified as a major public health problem, juvenile suicide in confinement has received little attention. The National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA) was awarded a contract from the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to conduct the first national survey on juvenile suicide in confinement.

Keywords: demographic, detention centers, reception centers, training schools, ranches, camps, farms, substance abuse, mental illness

Affiliations:  1: National Center on Institutions and Alternatives.