イギリスとウェールズにおける男性囚人の自殺 (1978年−2003年)
Seena Fazel1, Ram Benning, John Danesh
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK. seena.fazel@psychiatry.oxford.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|October 11, 2005
まとめ
イギリスとウェールズの男性囚人の自殺率は,一般人口の5倍です. この刑務所での自殺率は,特に若い男性の間で増加しており,より良い予防戦略の緊急の必要性を強調しています.
科学分野:
- クリミノロジー 犯罪学
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 法医学精神医学は,法医学精神医学である.
背景:
- 刑務所内の自殺率は,ますます懸念される問題となっている.
- 以前のデータは,一般の人々と比較して,投獄された個人の過剰な自殺リスクを正確に定量化できませんでした.
研究 の 目的:
- イングランドとウェールズの男性囚人の間で過剰な自殺リスクを確実に定量化するためです.
- 25年間の刑務所での自殺の傾向を分析した.
主な方法:
- イギリスとウェールズ (1978年-2003年) の1312人の男性囚人の自殺を,一般男性人口の自殺率と比較した比較分析.
- 特定のリスクグループを特定するために,狭い年齢層によるデータの階層化.
主要な成果:
- 男性囚人は5倍以上の自殺リスクを示していた (標準死亡率 (SMR) =5.1).
- 特に高い過剰リスクは,15~17歳の男性囚人 (SMR=18) に見られた.
- 男性囚人の自殺率の比率的な増加は,研究期間中に増加傾向を示しています.
結論:
- 男性囚人は,一般の人々と比較して,著しく高い自殺リスクに直面しています.
- 刑務所内の自殺予防戦略の緊急かつ実質的な改善が必要である.
- 青少年男性囚人は,標的型の介入を必要とする重要な高リスク集団を代表しています.
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