Suicides in Prison

✍ Scribed by Alison Liebling

Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Leaves: 286
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This is a major study that draws directly on the experiences of prisoners and staff, tracing the recent history of the problem and providing a theoretical discussion of the nature and causes of suicide in prison.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of tables and figures......Page 9
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Suicides in prison: rates and explanations......Page 30
The prison suicide profile......Page 46
Young prisoner suicides and suicide attempts: a special case?......Page 81
A change of direction......Page 95
Investigating suicides in prison......Page 114
Understanding young prisoner suicides and suicide attempts: in their own words......Page 140
In different words? The gender factor......Page 190
Managing to prevent suicide: staff attitudes and perspectives......Page 208
Understanding suicides in prison: vulnerable prisoners in high-risk situations......Page 244
Notes......Page 258
Bibliography......Page 266
Name index......Page 280
Subject index......Page 284

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