Women in Prison With Traumatic Brain Injury: Prevalence, Mechanism, and Impact on Mental Health

Relatively little is known about the characteristics of female offenders. Here, we studied the prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mental health issues in an exclusively female prison population in New Zealand. Participants (N = 38) were recruited from all security levels at Christchurch...

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Authors: Woolhouse, Rachel (Author) ; McKinlay, Audrey (Author) ; Grace, Randolph C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2018, Volume: 62, Issue: 10, Pages: 3135-3150
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Female offenders
Brain injury
Mental health
Sleep problems
Frauenkriminalität
Psychische Gesundheit
Neuseeland
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