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Suicide in Prisons: Prisoners' Lives Matter
Contributor(s): Towl, Graham J. (Author), Crighton, David a. (Author), Harris, Toby (Foreword by)
ISBN: 190997644X     ISBN-13: 9781909976443
Publisher: Waterside Press
OUR PRICE:   $33.20  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Penology
- Psychology | Suicide
- Law | Criminal Law - Juvenile Offenders
Dewey: 365.609
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.66 lbs) 208 pages
 
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The definitive guide from two leading authors central to developments in the field. An invaluable book which covers everything from theoretical and community research to precisely what is known about prisoners and the risk of their committing suicide. Covers the Harris Review and Government Response to it as well as the stance of politicians, reform groups and other leading experts on what in 2017 is an escalating problem for UK prisons. Contains analysis and data from over 30 years, bringing together key knowledge and information at a critical time of concern and attention.

Contributor Bio(s): Towl, Graham J.: - Professor Graham J. Towl RMN, BA, MSc, MBA, DSc, FRSA, FBPsS, FRSM, FAcSS, Chartered Psychologist, HCPC Registered. Graham Towl is Professor of Forensic Psychology at Durham University, UK and Visiting Clinical Professor at Newcastle University, UK. Uniquely he is the recipient of both the British Psychological Society, Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Psychology and for Distinguished Contributions to forensic academic knowledge too. He was peer nominated as the most influential forensic psychologist in the UK. His interest in suicide in prisons has spanned nearly 30 years with experience in practice, policy and research. He co-edited the standard British Psychological Society published UK handbook on 'Suicide in Prisons' in 2000 along with Martin McHugh and Louisa Snow. Along with David Crighton he was the first in the UK to highlight the data on ethnicity when considering prisoner suicide. In the 1990s he was a practitioner in prisons and Chaired the National Research Forum of the Suicide Awareness Support Unit (SASU) in the Prison Service. In 2000 he was appointed as Head of Psychological Services in prisons and probation for England and Wales. He remains an advocate of, evidence informed policy and practice implemented with kindness and a compassionately based professionalism.Harris, Toby: - Lord Toby Harris was Chair of the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody from 2009 to 2015. In February 2014, he was asked by the Minister for Prisons to lead the review into self-inflicted deaths in National Offender Management Service (NOMS) custody. This was completed in April 2015, published in July 2015, and made recommendations to reduce the risk of such deaths.