Association of Overcrowding and Turnover with Self-Harm in a Swiss Pre-Trial Prison

Self-harm is a common issue in detention and includes both suicidal and non-suicidal behaviours. Beyond well-known individual risk factors, institutional factors such as overcrowding (i.e., when the prison population exceeds its capacity) and turnover (i.e., the rate at which the prison population i...

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Main Authors: Stéphanie Baggio, Laurent Gétaz, Nguyen Toan Tran, Nicolas Peigné, Komal Chacowry Pala, Diane Golay, Patrick Heller, Patrick Bodenmann, Hans Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/4/601