Your Homework Assignment

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review Chapter 3, “Prevention of Prisoner Sudden Deaths: Safety Guidelines and Suicide Screening Protocols,” in the course text Handbook of Forensic Mental Health with Victims and Offenders: Assessment, Treatment, and Research. Focus on approaches to suicide prevention.
• Review the article “Preventing Suicide in Prisons, Part II: International Comparisons of Suicide Prevention Services in Correctional Facilities” in this week’s Learning Resources. Pay attention to suicide prevention approaches and programs in forensic settings.
• Review the article “Prison Inmate Characteristics and Suicide Attempt Lethality: An Exploratory Study” in this week’s Learning Resources. Consider the characteristics of offenders at risk for suicide. Think about factors that impact lethality rates, for example, Lethality of Suicide Attempt Rating Scales (LSARS) of offenders.
• As you review the Learning Resources consider suicide risk factors of offenders and consider how those risk factors are addressed by forensic psychology professionals and programs.
• Think about the components of suicide prevention and intervention approaches and programs. Consider the efficacy of these approaches and programs. Reflect on which of these components are important in forensic treatment settings.
• Select two components of suicide prevention and intervention approaches and programs that you think are important in forensic treatment settings and consider why.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 4 a brief description of two components of suicide prevention and intervention approaches and programs that you think are important in forensic treatment settings and explain why you think they are important.