Preventing Suicide and Other Self-Harm in Prison

By: Dear, Greg E.

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403988366
• ISBN13: 9781403988362
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"