U.S. Department of Justice

National Survey of Self-Injurious Behaviors in Prison, 2008

Publication year: 2009 | Cataloged on: Jul. 07, 2011

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  • National Survey of Self-Injurious Behaviors in Prison, 2008

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Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: The prevalence of self-injury in U.S. prisons is examined. Self-injurious behaviors involve “the deliberate destruction or alteration of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent” (p. 1). Findings are presented for facility characteristics and institutional responses to self-injury, point prevalence estimates, self-injury manifestation, and institutional responses to self-injury. Self-injury is a big problem in prisons with scratching or cutting with an object being the most common.
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