Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury in a Male Adult Prison Population and Links With Offence Type

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Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury in a Male Adult Prison Population and Links With Offence Type

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Auckland University of Technology

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Background: The prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in prison populations has been found to vary considerably. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of TBI in a prison population in New Zealand and to identify whether age, ethnicity, offence type, security classification and sentence length were linked to TBI prevalence. Methods: All offenders admitted to a new Corrections Facility over a 6-month period (May-November 2015) were screened to understand their history of TBI. Data w...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2017

Creator

Theadom, A / Mitchell, T / Du Preez, E

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https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/10718

Related subjects

Brain injury; Prevalence; Prison; Offender; Criminal

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This is the peer-reviewed but unedited manuscript version of the following article: [see Source]. The final, published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1159/000479520

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