Lessons Learnt from the Narratives of Women Who Self-Harm in Prison
(2020)
Journal Article
Walker, T., Shaw, J., Gibb, J., Turpin, C., Reid, C., Gutridge, K., & Abel, K. (2021). Lessons Learnt from the Narratives of Women Who Self-Harm in Prison. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 42(4), 255-262. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000714
Background: In England and Wales, women in prison make up a minority (<5%) of the total custodial population, yet acts of self-harm are around five times more common among incarcerated women. While there has been a multiagency effort to improve how a...