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An up-to-date review of recent research into suicide and self-injury in prisons, making links between the research, the prison context, and related practise-based issues. It covers all the key issues for those working in the Prison Service

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Suicide prevention - policy and practice; suicide in prisons - a critique of UK research; intentional self-injury; risk assessment and management; working with suicidal prisoners; the role of formalized peer support in helping the suicidal; training staff in suicide awareness; the aftermath of a death in prison custody; future directions.

Suicide in Prisons

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    A Paperback / softback by Graham J. Towl, Louisa Snow, Martin McHugh

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 08/05/2002
      ISBN13: 9781854333292, 978-1854333292
      ISBN10: 1854333291
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      Penology and punishment Sociology: death and dying

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An up-to-date review of recent research into suicide and self-injury in prisons, making links between the research, the prison context, and related practise-based issues. It covers all the key issues for those working in the Prison Service

      Table of Contents
      Suicide prevention - policy and practice; suicide in prisons - a critique of UK research; intentional self-injury; risk assessment and management; working with suicidal prisoners; the role of formalized peer support in helping the suicidal; training staff in suicide awareness; the aftermath of a death in prison custody; future directions.

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