TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the geography of suicide threats and suicide attempts: An application of Risk Terrain Modeling
AU - Michelle Lersch, Kim
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - The purpose of this research is twofold: first, the spatial distribution of 911 emergency calls for service to the police for suicides in progress and threats of suicide in the City of Detroit, Michigan will be explored to determine whether these events exhibit different patterns of spatial clustering. Second, this research will explore the utility of Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) to assist in our understanding of the locations of calls for service to the police related to suicide threats and suicides in progress. The results suggest that these events are different social phenomenon, both with respect to the spatial clustering of these events as well as qualitative differences in the environmental factors that may contribute to their occurrence.
AB - The purpose of this research is twofold: first, the spatial distribution of 911 emergency calls for service to the police for suicides in progress and threats of suicide in the City of Detroit, Michigan will be explored to determine whether these events exhibit different patterns of spatial clustering. Second, this research will explore the utility of Risk Terrain Modeling (RTM) to assist in our understanding of the locations of calls for service to the police related to suicide threats and suicides in progress. The results suggest that these events are different social phenomenon, both with respect to the spatial clustering of these events as well as qualitative differences in the environmental factors that may contribute to their occurrence.
KW - Suicide
KW - Suicide attempts
KW - Risk terrain modeling
KW - Spatial
KW - Self harm
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/si_facpub/608
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112860
U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112860
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112860
M3 - Article
C2 - 32106000
VL - 249
JO - Social Science & Medicine
JF - Social Science & Medicine
ER -