After A Guilty Verdict Flashcards

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What method was Gillis and Nefekh ?

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Content analysis of Canada’s Offender Management system

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What was the sample (from Canada’s offender management system) ?

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23,524 released between 1998 and 2005

95% male

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Offenders were matched on what ?

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Sentence length 
Marital status 
Risk level 
Substance abuse
Release year
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What were the two conditions for Gillis and Nefekh?

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Those employed when they left prison on a programme for offenders and those who were not

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Findings for Gillis and Nefekh ?

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Those who were on an employment programme were more likely to remain out of prison and less likely to return for a new offence

70% of those in the employed group stayed out of prison

55% of the unemployed group stayed out of prison

Return time to prison was 37 months in the employed condition

Return time for the unemployed was 11 months

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How much more likely is suicide in prison than the normal population?

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6-10x more likely

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Why is suicide in prison common?

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Due to 70% of the population having disorders such as depression, anxiety and psychosis.

Due to lack of social support

Adverse life events which occurred before prison; abuse, bereavement etc.

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What is the aim of Dooley?

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To investigate all unnatural deaths that occurred in prison between 1972 and 1987 in England and Wales.

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What was the procedure for Dooley?

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A content analysis of prison department records.

They were analysed by being put into a checklist including social, psychiatric and forensic history.

Those recorded as suicide were compared to those not recorded as suicide.

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What were the results for Dooley?

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442 unnatural deaths

300 were suicide

142 recorded as misadventure

  • most were on remand (not yet sentenced
  • most deaths occurred at night
  • 15% by fire
  • 70% by hanging
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What is the aim of gillis and nefekh?

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To investigate the effect of community based employment schemes on recidivism rates (re-offending)

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