Dooley

After a Guilty Verdict – How Psychology Can Inform the Penal System

Imprisonment

1.2 Depression & Suicide Risk in Prisons

·         According to the Howard League for Penal Reform there was 92 unnatural deaths in prisons in 2007, with a further 100 resuscitated.

·         At any one time there are 1500 prisoners on suicide watch.

Key Study: Dooley, Unnatural Deaths in Prison

Aims: –

To investigate all unnatural deaths that occurred…