Dooley's study - Depression/suicide risk in prisons
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Differences of deaths classed as suicide & those classed as CSI were that significantly more of suicide group were on remand (17%)
Evaluative points:
* High ecological validity - uses/collects data from real prison records so high mundane realism.
* Standardised prodecure? - could repeat this method/technique of content analysis on other prisons/data records, so can look for consistancies/is reliable.
* Nurture - situation of prison environment, being on remand, overcrowding etc leads to hgih stress and depersonalisation which leads to CSI or suicide --> little biological factors - eg. mental health etc... situation makes people with mental health issues more likely to commit suicide.
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