RT Article
T1 Self-harming behaviors in prison: a comparison of suicidal processes, self-injurious behaviors, and mixed events
JF Criminal justice studies
VO 32
IS 3
SP 264
OP 286
A1 Smith, Hayden
A2 Kaminski, Robert J.
A2 Power, Jenelle
A2 Slade, Karen
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1733111107
AB Self-harming behaviors occurring in prison disproportionately consume resources and cause considerable disruption. To date, theoretical paradigms have explained self-injurious behaviors and suicidal processes either via a continuum or dichotomy of self-harm. This current study examines all documented acts of self-harm (n = 1,158) occurring in South Carolina’s 28 prisons over a 50-month period. We test and find support for a tripartite schema of self-harm; differentiated with regard to suicidal processes, self-injurious behaviors, and a ‘mixed group‘ of self-harming behaviors. These groups of behaviors were distinct with regard to situational variables (i.e. body part targeted, injury severity) as well as institutional responses (i.e., medical treatment needed, employment of suicide protocols). Findings indicate that self-injurious behaviors are likely to result in physical injury and/or hospitalizations.
K1 Self-injurious behaviors
K1 Count models
K1 Incident reports
K1 Prison Inmate
K1 Suicide
DO 10.1080/1478601X.2019.1602044