Risky business : an investigation of the treatment and management of chronic self-injury among federally sentenced women : final report

Canada. Office of the Correctional Investigator, (issuing body.). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), (distributor.).

Summary: Over the last five years the number of self-injury incidents in federal correctional facilities has more than tripled. In 2012-13, there were 901 incidents of recorded prison self-injury, involving 264 offenders. A relatively small number of federally sentenced women offenders (37 of 264 total) disproportionately accounted for almost 36% of all reported self-injury incidents. Aboriginal offenders were involved in more than 35% of all self-harming incidents. Aboriginal women accounted for nearly 45% of all self-injury incidents involving the federally sentenced women offender population. Of the 264 federal offenders who self-injured in 2012-13, seventeen individuals engaged in chronic (or repetitive) self-injurious behaviour (i.e., 10 or more incidents). These 17 individuals accounted for 40% of all recorded incidents. Nine were of Aboriginal descent. Nine were women (6 of whom were Aboriginal offenders).

Record details

ISBN: 9781100227306
Physical Description: remote
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1 electronic text (35 pages)
Publisher: Ottawa, Ontario : Correctional Investigator, Canada, 2013.
Distributor: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"September 30, 2013." Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-35).
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Methodology -- Legislative and policy framework -- Offender profile -- Institutional profile -- Analysis: management of self-injurious behaviour -- A. The least restrictive principle -- B. Humane treatment -- C. Clinical management -- D. Collaborative planning -- Discussion -- Findings -- Recommendations -- References.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.