After A Guilty Verdict Flashcards
What method was Gillis and Nefekh ?
Content analysis of Canada’s Offender Management system
What was the sample (from Canada’s offender management system) ?
23,524 released between 1998 and 2005
95% male
Offenders were matched on what ?
Sentence length Marital status Risk level Substance abuse Release year
What were the two conditions for Gillis and Nefekh?
Those employed when they left prison on a programme for offenders and those who were not
Findings for Gillis and Nefekh ?
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
How much more likely is suicide in prison than the normal population?
6-10x more likely
Why is suicide in prison common?
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.
What is the aim of Dooley?
To investigate all unnatural deaths that occurred in prison between 1972 and 1987 in England and Wales.
What was the procedure for Dooley?
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.
What were the results for Dooley?
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
What is the aim of gillis and nefekh?
To investigate the effect of community based employment schemes on recidivism rates (re-offending)
