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