Preventing Suicide and Other Self-harm in Prison
Greg E. Dear
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Description for Preventing Suicide and Other Self-harm in Prison
Hardcover. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBZ; JKVQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
The high rate of suicide and self-harm in prison is of international concern. This book gives a comprehensive overview of attempts to minimize the incidence of self-harming behaviour in custodial settings. Expert contributors from nine countries offer a global perspective for prison workers, prisoners, coroners and observers of the justice system.
The high rate of suicide and self-harm in prison is of international concern. This book gives a comprehensive overview of attempts to minimize the incidence of self-harming behaviour in custodial settings. Expert contributors from nine countries offer a global perspective for prison workers, prisoners, coroners and observers of the justice system.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403988362
SKU
V9781403988362
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99-15
About Greg E. Dear
ALFRED ALLAN Professor of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Edith Cowan University, Australia FIONA H. BIGGAM Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, State Hospital, Carstairs, and Lecturer in Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK KATHY BIGGAR, MBE HM Prison Service's Safer Custody Group, UK, and formerly the English Probation Service, UK ERIC BLAAUW Senior Researcher in Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry, University Erasmus Medical ... Read more
Reviews for Preventing Suicide and Other Self-harm in Prison
'It is a long time since I felt genuinely excited by a book on such a sombre topic. However this edited volume is a model of its kind in demonstrating how systematic scientific analysis can be combined with commitment, creativity and the insights of experience in providing positive ways forward in an area that has rarely furnished grounds for optimism...this ... Read more