Professor David A. Crighton is a Consultant Psychologist and Hon. Professor of Psychology at Durham University (UK). Professor Graham J. Towl is Professor of Forensic Psychology at Durham University and Visiting Clinical Professor at Newcastle University (UK).

'This work is a major contribution to the study of prison suicide... a resource for all those concerned with reducing prisoner suicides. It can be recommended as just that'-- Independent Monitor; 'A comprehensive overview ... balancing pragmatic analysis with a humane appeal for this issue to be given the attention and resources it deserves and needs.. a practical book that contains real and grounded guidance and direction for the prison service and the politicians who resource it... an accessible and irrefutable case for how prisons themselves might start to do things differently'-- Probation Journal; A superb publication and coming at exactly the right time... cuts through the rhetoric with a forensic analysis of the problems coupled with practical, low cost and rapidly achievable recommendations--- John Podmore, International Prisons Consultant and former prison Governor; -Rarely has a book been more timely or pertinent than this one... a thorough, wide-ranging and nuanced account... which contextualises, describes and analyses 36 years of data... a call to arms for those working in penal research, policy and practice--- Philippa Tomczak, University of Sheffield; -Places the issue firmly in the context of theoretical perspectives, recent research and expert commentaries... A book for practitioners, policy-makers, researchers and students alike--- Carol Robinson, University of York; -An important book about a subject that receives too little attention--- John Bateson, San Francisco, author and former suicide prevention counsellor; -Can be the starting point for changing opinions, policies, systems and lives for the better--- Elizabeth Scowcroft, Nottingham Trent University/The Samaritans; -Particularly valuable for students interested in this important topic--- Dominic Aitken, Oxford University.

• Acknowledgments; About the authors. Foreword Lord Toby Harris 1.Setting the scene; 2.Theoretical perspectives on suicide; 3.Community Research into Suicide; 4.What we know about prisoners; 5.The management of suicide in prisons; 6.Political and expert commentaries on prisoner suicide; 7.Suicide in prisons: early literature; 8.Suicide in prisons: modern literature; 9.Suicide in prisons an empirical study of prisoner suicides from 1978 to 2014; 10.Future Directions. References. Index.