Self-harm in the criminal justice system: a public health opportunity
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Borschmann, Rohan
Young, Jesse T
Moran, Paul A
Spittal, Matthew J
Kinner, Stuart A
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2018
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Self-harm is a global public health problem associated with increased morbidity, suicide risk, and premature mortality.1 The behaviour is more prevalent in marginalised groups, including people in prison. The burden of self-harm and suicide in prison is considerable; a study2 from the UK estimated that the annual prevalence of self-harm in prisons was 5–6% in men and 20–24% in women. With the global imprisonment rate increasing annually,3 the extent to which the burden of self-harm is concentrated in prisons is also likely to be increasing.Self-harm is a global public health problem associated with increased morbidity, suicide risk, and premature mortality.1 The behaviour is more prevalent in marginalised groups, including people in prison. The burden of self-harm and suicide in prison is considerable; a study2 from the UK estimated that the annual prevalence of self-harm in prisons was 5–6% in men and 20–24% in women. With the global imprisonment rate increasing annually,3 the extent to which the burden of self-harm is concentrated in prisons is also likely to be increasing.
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Journal Title
Lancet Public Health
Volume
3
Issue
1
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© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
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SUICIDE