Suicide Behind Bars

Author : Anne Kershaw,Mary Lasovich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1991-12-01
Category : Female offenders
ISBN : 0195412680

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Rock-a-Bye Baby by Anne Kershaw,Mary Lasovich Pdf

Marlene committed suicide at the age of thiry-one in the Federal Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario. Many women in this frequently condemned prison have killed themselves, but none of their deaths has struck the same degree of horror into so many hearts. For the many friends and professionals who were drawn to Marlene and who tried valiantly to rescue her from the prison system and from herself her death was the final, tragic blow in a lifetime of unconscionable punishment. Marlene Moore lives on today as an eloquent and frightening example of just how badly our social and penal systems fail. This is the story of Marlene's life and death, superbly told by Kershaw and Lasovich. Their non-sensational approach and their keen insights into the nature of crime and punishment in Canada throw a steady light into the shadowed, tragic world behind the bars of Canada's prisons. With painstaking honesty they tell the heart-rending tale of one girl's free fall through the gaping holes in our "caring" society.

Author : David Lester,Bruce L. Danto
Publisher : Charles Press Pubs(PA)
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015028441536

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Suicide Behind Bars by David Lester,Bruce L. Danto Pdf

Author : Lindsay M. Hayes
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788132322

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Prison Suicide by Lindsay M. Hayes Pdf

Until recently, it has been assumed that suicide, although a problem for jail inmates as they face the initial crisis of incarceration, is not a significant problem for inmates who advance to prison to serve out their sentences. This monograph was produced to fill a critical void in the knowledge base about prison suicide. In addition to a through review of the literature and of national and state standards for prevention, it offers the most recent national data on the incidence and rate of prison suicide, effective prevention programs, and discussion of liability issues. References, appendices and tables.

Author : Ronald Bonner PSY D
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11
Category : Prisoners
ISBN : 0595369820

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A Process Approach to Suicide Prevention Behind Bars by Ronald Bonner PSY D Pdf

Inmate suicide is a national tragedy and a leading cause of death among offenders. Substantial work over the past twenty years, primarily motivated by litigation, has been accomplished in identifying risk factors, constructing risk profiles, and developing effective prevention and intervention methods. Inmate suicide is rarely an isolated event and most often involves a process during incarceration that leads an offender to take his or her life. Dr. Ronald L. Bonner offers a process approach to help integrate the various key components of inmate suicide prevention. A Process Approach to Suicide Prevention Behind Bars covers the areas of suicidal behavior incidents, stages of the suicide process, risk factors, screening and assessment, interventions, professional standards, case law, and risk management. This process model serves as a valuable working guide for directors and practitioners of correctional suicide prevention. Ultimately, efforts will be measured by the understanding and compassion shown to offenders who face seemingly insurmountable stress and problems of living and who are coping with breakdown, depression, hopelessness, psychache, and the isolation panic of the correctional environment.

Author : Tomczak, Philippa
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529203660

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Prison Suicide by Tomczak, Philippa Pdf

Although prison suicide is a global problem, there is little knowledge about the investigations occurring after prison suicides. Addressing this gap, this book provides the first detailed case study of the investigations that follow prison suicides: using England and Wales. Despite the large range of institutions that monitor English and Welsh prisons, suicides reached a record high in 2016, with the rate having doubled since 2012. These deaths represent the sharp end of a continuum of suffering, self-harm, despair and distress within prisons, which affects prisoners, their families and prison staff. This book details and critiques the lengthy and expensive police, ombudsman and coroner investigations that follow prison suicides. Drawing on extensive document analysis, including analysis of over 100 Prison and Probation Ombudsman fatal incident investigations, and original semi-structured interviews with stakeholders undertaken between 2016-2017, this book provides a novel analysis of prison oversight.

Author : Robert B. Greifinger
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781071618073

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Public Health Behind Bars by Robert B. Greifinger Pdf

Public Health Behind Bars From Prisons to Communities examines the burden of illness in the growing prison population, and analyzes the impact on public health as prisoners are released. This book makes a timely case for correctional health care that is humane for those incarcerated and beneficial to the communities they reenter.

Author : Christine Tartaro,David Lester
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780739124659

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Suicide and Self-Harm in Prisons and Jails by Christine Tartaro,David Lester Pdf

"A very much needed comprehensive and practical book. It will help in the hard work of preventing suicide in prisons. Highly recommended for anyone interested in suicide prevention and prison environment.--Maurizio Pompili, Sapienza University of Rome.

Author : Robert Greifinger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387716954

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Public Health Behind Bars by Robert Greifinger Pdf

Public Health Behind Bars From Prisons to Communities examines the burden of illness in the growing prison population, and analyzes the impact on public health as prisoners are released. This book makes a timely case for correctional health care that is humane for those incarcerated and beneficial to the communities they reenter.

Author : Terry Kupers
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999-02-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015048950524

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Prison Madness by Terry Kupers Pdf

A Disturbing and Shocking Expose-A Passionate Cry for Reform Prison Madness exposes the brutality and failure of today's correctional system-for all prisoners-but especially the incredible conditions Andured by those suffering from serious mental disorders. "A passionately argued and brilliantly written wake-up call to America about the myriad ways our penal systems brutalize our entire culture. Dr. Kupers not only diagnoses the problem, he also offers a set of solutions. I hope this book will be read by all concerned citizens and voters, for it conveys truths that are vitally important to all of us." —James Gilligan, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and author of Violence: Reflections on a National Epidemic

Author : Kirstine Szifris
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529205558

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Philosophy Behind Bars by Kirstine Szifris Pdf

Male prisons can be dangerous places with a climate of distrust, but can long-term prisoners be given the space to reflect and grow ? This ground-breaking study found that engaging prisoners in philosophy education enabled them to think about some of the ‘big’ questions in life and as a result to see themselves and others differently.

Author : Anthony Graves
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780807062524

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Infinite Hope by Anthony Graves Pdf

Written by a wrongfully convicted man who spent 16 years in solitary confinement and 12 years on death row, a powerful memoir about fighting for—and winning—exoneration. In the summer of 1992, a grandmother, a teenage girl, and four children under the age of ten were beaten and stabbed to death in Somerville, Texas. The perpetrator set the house on fire to cover his tracks, deepening the heinousness of the crime and rocking the tiny community to its core. Authorities were eager to make an arrest. Five days later, Anthony Graves was in custody. Graves, then twenty-six years old and without an attorney, was certain that his innocence was obvious. He did not know the victims, he had no knowledge about the crime, and he had an airtight alibi with witnesses. There was also no physical evidence linking him to the scene. Yet Graves was indicted, convicted of capital murder, sentenced to death, and, over the course of twelve years on death row, given two execution dates. He was not freed for eighteen years, two months, four days. Through years of suffering the whims of rogue prosecutors, vote-hungry district attorneys, and Texas State Rangers who played by their own rules, Graves was frequently exposed to the dire realities of being poor and black in the criminal justice system. He witnessed fellow inmates who became his friends and confidants be taken away, one by one, to their deaths. And he missed out on seeing his three young sons mature into men. Graves’s only solace was his infinite hope that the state would not execute him for a crime he did not commit. To maintain his dignity and sanity, Graves made sure as many people as possible knew about his case. He wrote letters to whomever he thought would listen. Pen pals in countries all over the world became allies, and he attracted the attention of a savvy legal team that overcame setback after setback, chiseling away at the state’s faulty case against him. Everyone’s efforts eventually worked. After Graves’s exoneration, the original prosecutor on his case was disbarred. Graves is one of a growing number of innocent people exonerated from death row. The moving account of his saga—of his ultimate fight for freedom from inside a prison cell—is as haunting as it is poignant, and as shameful to the legal system as it is inspiring to those on the losing end of it.

Author : Wayne S. Wooden
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781468442922

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Men Behind Bars by Wayne S. Wooden Pdf

"Barry" is a seventeen-year-old single white male. He has blond hair and blue eyes, weighs 150 pounds, and is five feet eleven inches tall. He was arrested in California at age sixteen for assault and robbery. Because he was underage he was initially segregated in a one-man cell while in county jail. Then, upon admission to a state prison recep tion and classification facility, he was housed in a special dormitory for young, inexperienced inmates who would be at risk within the general population. Upon completion of his screening Barry's counselor recommended that he be sent to a penal institution reserved for the younger, more violence-prone, and hard core inmates. Barry said that he felt he would have "prob lems" at the recommended facility, but his counselor replied, "You won't have any problems." Once he arrived, Barry was double-celled with a nineteen-year-old inmate who beat and anally raped him during his first night in the admission unit. Barry's cellmate continued to assault him sexually during the two weeks they were housed together.

Author : Michael G. Flaherty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Children
ISBN : UIUC:30112001188405

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An Assessment of the National Incidence of Juvenile Suicide in Adult Jails, Lockups, and Juvenile Detention Centers by Michael G. Flaherty Pdf

Author : Christine Tartaro,David Lester
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461634249

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Suicide and Self-Harm in Prisons and Jails by Christine Tartaro,David Lester Pdf

Police and corrections personnel must always be mindful of the possibility that those in their custody may attempt suicide or commit an act of self-mutilation. Persons housed in prisons, jails, and police lockups tend to be at a higher risk for such destructive behavior than members of the general population. Reasons for this can be found by examining the mental health, substance abuse, and physical/sexual abuse histories of inmates in addition to deficits in their coping skills and the stress and uncertainty generated by incarceration. This book explores several topics pertaining to suicide and deliberate self-harm in the corrections setting, including who tends to commit these acts; where, when, and how these incidents occur; screening mechanisms; the role of environmental stimuli in facilitating or preventing acts of self harm; interpersonal relations among inmates and between inmates and staff; and the role of the courts in setting and ruling on suicide prevention policies. The authors discuss the role of prevention techniques that offer a balance between strict opportunity-reduction and softer motivation-reduction strategies. The book also includes suggestions for diversion programs that can keep mentally ill inmates out of prisons and jails and transition planning programs to better prepare outgoing inmates for their re-entry into the community.

Author : Douglas Farah,Stephen Braun
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781118038987

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Merchant of Death by Douglas Farah,Stephen Braun Pdf

Praise for Merchant of Death "A riveting investigation of the world's most notorious arms dealer--a page-turner that digs deep into the amazing, murky story of Viktor Bout. Farah and Braun have exposed the inner workings of one of the world's most secretive businesses--the international arms trade." —Peter L. Bergen, author of The Osama bin Laden I Know "Viktor Bout is like Osama bin Laden: a major target of U.S. intelligence officials who time and again gets away. Farah and Braun have skillfully documented how this notorious arms dealer has stoked violence around the world and thwarted international sanctions. Even more appalling, they show how Bout ended up getting millions of dollars in U.S. government money to assist the war in Iraq. A truly impressive piece of investigative reporting." —Michael Isikoff, coauthor of Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War "Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun are two of the toughest investigative reporters in the country. This is an important book about a hidden world of gunrunning and profiteering in some of the world's poorest countries." —Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 "In Merchant of Death, two of America's finest reporters have performed a major public service, turning over the right rocks that reveal the brutal international arms business at the dawn of the twenty-first century. In Viktor Bout, they have given us a new Lord of War, a man who knows no side but his own, and who has a knack for turning up in every war zone just in time to turn a profit. As Farah and Braun uncover and document his troubling role in the Bush Administration's Global War on Terror, his ties to Washington almost seem inevitable." —James Risen, author of State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration "An extraordinary and timely piece of investigative reporting, Merchant of Death is also a vividly compelling read. The true story of Viktor Bout, a sociopathic Russian gunrunner who has supplied weapons for use in some of the most gruesome conflicts of modern times--and who can count amongst his clients both the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan and the U.S. military in Iraq--is a stomach-churning indictment of the policy failures and moral contradictions of the world's most powerful governments, including that of the United States." —Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of Baghdad Two respected journalists tell the incredible story of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global network has changed the way modern warfare is fought. Bout’s vast enterprise of guns, planes, and money has fueled internecine slaughter in Africa and aided both militant Islamic fanatics in Afghanistan and the American military in Iraq. This book combines spy thrills with crucial insights on the shortcomings of a U.S. foreign policy that fails to confront the lucrative and lethal arms trade that erodes global security.