Table 4.
History of suicide attempts by offender group
| Total Sample (n = 2114) |
ChildSO (n = 77) |
AdultSO (n = 1650) |
PolySO (n = 43) |
Violent (n = 1269) |
Non-sexual non-violent (n = 552) |
X2 | p (Φ/ ΦC) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attempted suicide | ||||||||
| 0 No | 79.2% | 81.2% | 77.7% | 78.1% | 76.9% | 84.8% | 13.653** | .008 (.09) |
| 1 Yes | 20.8% | 18.8% | 22.3% | 21.9% | 23.1% | 15.2% | ||
| Number of attempts M (SD) | 2.80 (11.94) | 1.69 (2.78) | 6.39 (19.08) | .38 (.65) | 2.59 (11.12) | 2.79 (12.70) | wF(4134.6) = 9.331*** | <.001 |
| Wanting to die when attempting suicide | ||||||||
| 0 No | 17.4% | 41.7% | 3.3% | 28.6% | 20.0% | 9.2% | 14.424** | .006 (.19) |
| 1 Yes | 82.6% | 58.3% | 96.7% | 71.4% | 80.0% | 90.8% | ||
| Planned suicide attempt | ||||||||
| 0 No | 38.2% | 66.7% | 28.6% | 0 | 37.7% | 43.5% | 6.468 | .167 (.14) |
| 1 Yes | 61.8% | 33.3% | 71.4% | 100% | 62.3% | 56.5% | ||
| Method of last suicide attempt2 | 15.861 | .463 (.14) | ||||||
| 1 Choke-inducing behaviours | 39.3% | 80.0% | 40.0% | 0 | 39.4% | 36.0% | ||
| 2 Impact with object | 10.7% | 0 | 10.0% | 0 | 11.7% | 10.0% | ||
| 3 Overdose or poisoning | 29.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 100% | 29.9% | 26.0% | ||
| 4 Use of an object | 8.4% | 0 | 15.0% | 0 | 5.1% | 16.0% | ||
| 5 Other | 12.6% | 0 | 10% | 0 | 13.9% | 12.0% | ||
| Reason for stopping | 18.331 | .566 (.21) | ||||||
| 1 Change of heart | 31.7% | 0 | 25.0% | 0 | 33.3% | 38.9% | ||
| 2 Counselling | 5.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6% | 0 | ||
| 3 Familial or partner concerns | 39.6% | 100% | 41.7% | 66.7% | 37.9% | 33.3% | ||
| 4 Physically stopped | 8.9% | 0 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 6.1% | 5.6% | ||
| 5 Limited opportunity in jail | 5.0% | 0 | 8.3% | 0 | 3.0% | 11.1% | ||
| 6 Unspecified/ other | 9.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1% | 11.1% | ||
| Likely or very likely to attempt in prison | ||||||||
| 0 No | 95.4% | 90.2% | 93.9% | 95.7% | 95.8% | 95.6% | 3.243 | .518 (.05) |
| 1 Yes | 4.6% | 9.8% | 6.1% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.4% | ||
The information in this table is based the self-reported survey data. The sample sizes ranged from ChildSOs: 31–77 and AdultSOs: 69–160.The sample size in this table reflect the number of participants who were able to be coded on each item. Some responses could not be coded because of the amount and quality of the information
**p < .01, ***p < .001