Dooley Flashcards
what subsection is this apart of ?
imprisonment
what are the other studies in this section?
Gillis and narfekh
Dooley
zimbardo +haney
what is the relationship between mental health and offending ?
more than 70% of the prison population has a mental health disorder
14 x more likely than normal men
35 x more likely than normal women
what is the relationship between suicide offending and prison?
suicide is 6-10 x more likely to occur in offenders
prisoner are more likely to have factors that make them at an increased vulnerability to suicide
what can prison induced stress include ?
guilt over nature of offence concern over court appearance loneliness/ boredom lack of purposeful activity breakdown of relationships bullying lack of family contact
what did Dooley look into ?
unnatural deaths in prisons
what was the aim of the research ?
to investigate all unnatural deaths that occurred in prisons in eng and wales between 1972 and 1987
what did the procedure include ?
content analysis of prison department records
a checklist that included social, psychiatric and forensic history was used to analyse data
records recorded as suicide and none suicide was recorded
how many unnatural deaths were recorded ?
442
how many of those were suicides ?
300
what happened with the remaining ?
142 were recorded with various verdicts such a self inflicted injury (csi)
what majority of suicide group on ?
remand
when did most of the death occur ?
at night
what were the causes of death in %?
70% by hanging
15% by fire
74% were not married
8% were female
what is the conclusion ?
the increase I suicide is due to overcrowding and prisoner stress
however many prisoners suffer from mental health issues and have substance addictions before they are admitted
