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General Reports
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Effects of nutritional supplements on aggression, rule-breaking, and psychopathology
among young adult prisoners.

Zaalberg A, Nijman H, Bulten E, et al
 
Aggress Behav
.
[Epub ahead of print]
Abstract

Prison violence: prevalence, manifestation and risk factors.
Endrass J, Urbaniok F, Gerth J, Rossegger A.

Praxis (Bern 1994)
. 2009 Nov 4;98(22):1279-83
Abstract

Self-injurious behavior among Greek male prisoners: Prevalence and risk factors.
Sakelliadis EI, Papadodima SA, Sergentanis TN,
et al  
Eur Psychiatry
. 2009 Nov 17.
Abstract

Treatment of impulsive aggression in correctional settings.
Shelton D, Sampl S, Kesten KL, et al 
Behav Sci Law. 2009;27(5):787-800.
Abstract

Patterns of victimization among male and female inmates: evidence of an enduring legacy.
Wolff N, Shi J, Siegel JA.

Violence Vict
. 2009;24(4):469-84.
Abstract

Individual and Institutional Characteristics Related to Inmate Victimization.
Pérez DM, Gover AR, Tennyson KM, Santos SD.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2009 Apr 27.
Abstract

Institutional responses to self-injurious behavior among inmates.
Dehart DD, Smith HP, Kaminski RJ.  

Correct Health Care
. 2009 Apr;15(2):129-41.
Abstract

Developing an attitude towards bullying scale for prisoners: structural analyses across adult men,
young adults and women prisoners.

Ireland JL, Power CL, Bramhall S, Flowers C. 
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2009;19(1):28-42
Abstract

Impulsivity, attribution and prison bullying: Bully-category and perpetrator-victim mutuality.
Holland D, Ireland JL, Muncer S.

Int J Law Psychiatry
. 2009 Feb 9.
Abstract
 
Self aggressive-behaviours in prison
Ammar MM, Borras L, Eytan A.  

Bull Soc Sci Med Grand Duche Luxemb
. 2008;(4):503-8
Abstract
 
Does cost-benefit analysis or self-control predict involvement in bullying behavior by male prisoners?
Archer J, Southall N. 
Aggress Behav. 2008 Oct 21.
Abstract
 
Physical victimization in prison: The role of mental illness.
Blitz CL, Wolff N, Shi J.  
Int J Law Psychiatry.
2008 Sep 20.
Abstract
 
Identifying the risk of deliberate self-harm among young prisoners by means of coping typologies.
Kirchner T, Forns M, Mohíno S.
 
Suicide Life Threat Behav
. 2008 Aug;38(4):442-8.
Abstract
 
Violence and Personality in Forensic Patients: Is There a Forensic Patient-Specific Personality Profile?
Stupperich A, Ihm H, Strack M.

J Interpers Violence.
2008 Aug 6.
Abstract
 
Violent and disruptive behavior among drug-involved prisoners: Relationship with psychiatric symptoms.
Friedmann PD, Melnick G, Jiang L, Hamilton Z.
 
Behav Sci Law.
2008 Aug 5;26(4):389-401.
Abstract
 
Violence and Personality in Forensic Patients: Is There a Forensic Patient-Specific Personality Profile?
Stupperich A, Ihm H, Strack M.
J Interpers Violence.
2008 Aug 6.
Abstract

Violent Behavior in Female Inmates: Possible Predictors.
Byrd PM, Davis JL
.  
J Interpers Violence.
2008 Apr 7
Abstract
 

Measuring Victimization Inside Prisons: Questioning the Questions.
Wolff N, Shi J, Bachman R.

J Interpers Violence.
2008 Feb 28'
Abstract
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Effects on Violence of Laws and Policies Facilitating the Transfer of Youth from the
Juvenile to the Adult Justice System

CDC 
MMWR Recommendations and Reports  November 30, 2007 / Vol. 56 / No. RR–9
Paper
 
The Prevalence of Sexual Violence in Prison: The State of the Knowledge Base and
Implications for Evidence-Based Correctional Policy Making.

Jones TR, Pratt TC
.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol.
2007 Sep 24;

Abstract
 
Assertions of "Future Dangerousness" at Federal Capital Sentencing: Rates and Correlates of
Subsequent Prison Misconduct and Violence.

Cunningham MD, Reidy TJ, Sorensen JR. et al  
Law Hum Behav. 2007 Sep 18;
Abstract
 
Physical aggression as a function of perceived fighting ability among male and female
prisoners.

Archer J 
Aggress Behav.
2007 Aug 1
Abstract
 
Using the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) to Predict In-Prison Aggressive Behavior
in a Swiss Offender Population.

Endrass J, Rossegger A, Frischknecht A, et a

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2007 Jul 5;
Abstract
 
The Effect of Inmates' Self-Reported Childhood and Adolescent Animal Cruelty: Motivations
on the Number of Convictions for Adult Violent Interpersonal Crimes.

Hensley C, Tallichet SE. 
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2007 Jul 5;
Abstract
 
Differences between bullies and victims, and men and women, on aggression-related variables
among prisoners.

Archer J, Ireland JL, Power CL. 

Br J Soc Psychol.
2007 Jun;46(Pt 2):299-322.
Abstract
 
Prison rioters: exploring infraction characteristics, risk factors, social correlates,
and criminal careers.

Graeve CM, Delisi M, Hochstetler A. 
Psychol Rep. 2007 Apr;100(2):407-19.
Abstract
 
The Association Between History of Violence and HIV Risk A Cross-Sectional Study of
HIV-Negative Incarcerated Women in Connecticut.

Ravi A, Blankenship KM, Altice FL 
Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jun 12
Abstract
 
Revisiting the stanford prison experiment: could participant self-selection have led to the
cruelty?

Carnahan T, McFarland S
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2007 May;33(5):603-14.
Abstract
 
Characteristics of male and female prisoners involved in bullying behavior.
Ireland JL, Archer J, Power CL.

Aggress Behav. 2007 May-Jun;33(3):220-9.
Abstract
 
Correlates of partner violence for incarcerated women and men.
Robertson K, Murachver T.  

J Interpers Violence
. 2007 May;22(5):639-55
Abstract
 
Personality, gender and violent criminality in prison inmates
Sobral J, Luengo A, Gomez-Fraguela JA, et al
 
Psicothema.
2007 May;19(2):269-7
Abstract
 
Risk of harm: inmates who harm themselves while in prison psychiatric treatment.
Young MH, Justice JV, Erdberg P.

J Forensic Sci.
2006 Jan;51(1):156-62.

Abstract
 
Cognitive-behavioral rehabilitation for high-risk violent offenders: an outcome evaluation of the
violence prevention unit.

Polaschek DL, Wilson NJ, Townsend MR, Daly LR. 
J Interpers Violence. 2005 Dec;20(12):1611-27.
Abstract
 
Violent offenders in a deaf prison population.
Miller KR, Vernon M, Capella ME.
J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ. 2005 Fall;10(4):417-25.

Abstract
 
Reintegrating seriously violent and personality-disordered offenders from a supermaximum
security institution into the general offender population.

Wong SC, Veen SV, Leis TA, et al 
nt J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2005 Aug;49(4):362-75.
Abstract
 
An actuarial model for assessment of prison violence risk among maximum
security inmates.

Cunningham MD, Sorensen JR, Reidy TJ
.  
Assessment
. 2005 Mar;12(1):40-9.
Abstract

Antisocial constructs in predicting institutional violence among violent offenders
and child molesters.
Mills JF, Kroner DG.

Abstract
 

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Poster
 
  Estimated incidence of HIV acquisition due to prison rape in the U.S
SD Pinkerton, C Galletly,  DW Seal
(135 APHA)
Abstract

Rape/Sexual Violence
 

         Internet Documents
 
  FULL-TEXT DOCUMENT
No Escape: Male Rape in US Prisons

Human Rights Watch 2001
Internet Report
 
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Inmate Harassment and Rape: An Exploratory Study of Seven Maximum- and Medium-Security
Male Prisons in Israel.

Einat T.

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2008 Aug 7.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Model-Based Estimates of HIV Acquisition Due to Prison Rape.
Pinkerton SD, Galletly CL, Seal DW.

Prison J. 2007;87(3):295-310.
Paper
 
Prevalence and patterns of sexual assault across the life span among incarcerated women.
Raj A, Rose J, Decker MR, Rosengard C, et al

Violence Against Women.
2008 May;14(5):528-41.
Abstract
 
Rates of sexual victimization in prison for inmates with and without mental disorders.
Wolff N, Blitz CL, Shi J, et al  

Psychiatr Serv.
2007 Aug;58(8):1087-94.
Abstract
 
Examining the characteristics of male sexual assault targets in a southern maximum-
security prison
.
Hensley C, Koscheski M, Tewksbury R.
 
J Interpers Violen
ce. 2005 Jun;20(6):667-79.
Abstract

Confronting America's most ignored crime problem: the Prison Rape Elimination
Act of 2003.

Dumond RW.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2003;31(3):354-60
Abstract

Rape among incarcerated men: sex, coercion and STDs.
Robertson JE.
AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2003 Aug;17(8):423-30.
Abstract
 
Sexual assaults during hostage takings and forcible confinements: implications for
practice
.
Mailloux DL, Serin RC.
Sex Abuse. 2003 Jul;15(3):161-70.|
Abstract

Suicide/Suicide Ideation
 

         Internet Documents
 
  FULL TEXT PDF DOCUMENT
Preventing suicide in prisons
The Task Force on Suicide in Prisons of the International Association for Suicide
Prevention (IASP)
November 2007
(also available in French, Italian, and German on http://www.who.int/mental_health/resources/suicide/en/ )

Guidelines

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
Insomnia and suicidal behaviour in prisoners.
Carli V, Roy A, Bevilacqua L, Maggi S,  et al

Psychiatry Res
. 2010 May 24.
Abstract

Suicide in Correctional Settings: Assessment, Prevention, and Professional Liability.
Knoll JL 4th.
 
J Correct Health Care
. 2010 May 12.
Abstract

Suicide in recently released prisoners: a case-control study.
Pratt D, Appleby L, Piper M, Webb R, Shaw J.

Psychol Med
. 2010 May;40(5):827-35.
Abstract

Screening Tools Assessing Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm in Adult Offenders :
A Systematic Review.
Perry AE, Marandos R, Coulton S, Johnson M.

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2010 Mar 11
Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Prison suicide in 12 countries: an ecological study of 861 suicides during 2003-2007.
Fazel S, Grann M, Kling B, Hawton K.

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
. 2010 Feb 7
Abstract 

Prison Inmates' Suicidal Ideation in China: A Study of Gender Differences and Their Impact.
Zhang J, Liang B, Zhou Y, Brame W.

 Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol
. 2009 Sep 30.
Abstract 

The distillation of "VISCI": towards a better identification of suicidal inmates.
Frottier P, Koenig F, Seyringer M,
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2009 Aug;39(4):376-85.
Abstract 

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Deliberate indifference in jail suicide litigation: a fatal judicial loophole.
Hatcher SS.

Soc Work Public Health
. 2009 Sep;24(5):401-13
Abstract 

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Suicide in recently released prisoners: a case-control study.
Pratt D, Appleby L, Piper M, et al
 
Psychol Med
. 2009 Sep 1:1-9
Abstract 

Preventing Suicide in Jails and Prisons: Suggestions from Experience with Psychiatric Inpatients.
Pompili M, Lester D, Innamorati M, et al 
J Forensic Sci. 2009 Aug 6.
Abstract 

Risk factors for attempting suicide in prisoners.
Sarchiapone M, Carli V, Giannantonio MD, Roy A. 

Suicide Life Threat Behav
. 2009 Jun;39(3):343-50.

Abstract 

Suicide-related litigation in jails and prisons: risk management strategies.
Daniel AE.
J Correct Health Care. 2009 Jan;15(1):19-27.
Abstract 

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Suicide among incarcerated veterans.
Wortzel HS, Binswanger IA, Anderson CA, Adler LE.

J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
. 2009;37(1):82-91.
Abstract 
 

Adolescent suicidal ideation: a comparison of incarcerated and school-based samples.
Suk E, van Mill J, Vermeiren R, et al 
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009 Feb 16
Abstract 
 
Suicide in Prisoners: A Systematic Review of Risk Factors.
Fazel S, Cartwright J, Norman-Nott A, Hawton K. 
J Clin Psychiatry. 2008 Nov 24.
Abstract 
 
A New Psychometric Instrument Assessing Vulnerability to Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm
Behaviour in Offenders: Suicide Concerns for Offenders in Prison Environment (SCOPE).

Perry AE, Olason DT 
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2008 Jun 2.
Abstract 
 
Changes in male suicides in Scottish prisons: 10-year study;
Bird SM.
Br J Psychiatry. 2008 Jun;192:446-9.
Abstract 
 
Review of completed suicides in the california department of corrections and rehabilitation, 1999 to 2004.
Patterson RF, Hughes K
.  
Psychiatr Serv
. 2008 Jun;59(6):676-82
Abstract 
 
Suicidal behaviour in prisons: Learning from Australian and international experiences.
Camilleri P, McArthur M. 
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2008 Feb 18
Abstract 
 
Preventing suicide in prisons, part II. International comparisons of suicide prevention
services in correctional facilities.

Daigle MS, Daniel AE, Dear GE, et al 

Crisis.
2007;28(3):122-30.
Abstract 
 
Preventing suicide in prisons, part I. Recommendations from the International Association
for Suicide Prevention Task Force on Suicide in Prisons.

Konrad N, Daigle MS, Daniel AE, et al 

Crisis.
2007;28(3):113-21.
Abstract 
 
Contribution of imitative suicide to the suicide rate in prisons.
McKenzie N, Keane M. 

Suicide Life Threat Behav
. 2007 Oct;37(5):538-42
Abstract 
 
Suicide in New South Wales Prisons, 1995-2005: towards a better understanding.
O'driscoll C, Samuels A, Zacka M.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2007 Jun;41(6):519-24
Abstract 
 
Inmate suicide and time spent in special disciplinary housing in new york state prison.
Way BB, Sawyer DA, Barboza S, Nash R.

Psychiatr Serv.
2007 Apr;58(4):558-60.
Abstract 
 
Further evidence of the validity of the Suicide Risk Assessment Scale for prisoners.
Daigle MS, Labelle R, Cote G.
 
Int J Law Psychiatry.
2006 Sep-Oct;29(5):343-54.
Abstract
 
Suicidal ideations and attempts in Russian juvenile delinquents.
Ruchkin V, Schwab-Stone M, Koposov R, et al 

Psychiatr Danub.
2006 Sep;18 Suppl 1:57.
Abstract
 
Suicide behind bars - an international review.
Matschnig T, Fruhwald S, Frottier P.

 Psychiatr Prax. 2006 Jan;33(1):6-13
Abstract
 
Suicides in male prisoners in England and Wales, 1978-2003.
Fazel S, Benning R, Danesh J.
Lancet. 2005 Oct 8;366(9493):1301-2.
Abstract
 
Peer suicide prevention in a prison.
Hall B, Gabor P.

Crisis. 2004;25(1):19-26.
Abstract

Nursing interventions for parasuicidal behaviors in female offenders.
Roth B, Presse L.
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2003 Sep;41(9):20-9.
Abstract

Suicide Attempts and Self-Mutilative Behavior in a Juvenile Correctional Facility.
Penn JV, Esposito CL, Schaeffer LE, et al

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2003 Jul;42(7):762-769.
Abstract
 
The relevance of suicidal behaviour in jail and prison suicides.
Fruehwald S, Frottier P, Matschnig T, Eher R.

Eur Psychiatry. 2003 Jun;18(4):161-5.
Abstract
 
Psychosocial characteristics of victims of suicide in prisons
Fruhwald S, Frottier P, Benda , et al.
Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2002 Aug 30;114(15-16):691-6.
Abstract

 
FULL-TEXT  ARTICLE
Characteristics of suicide attempts in a large urban jail system with an established
suicide prevention program.

Goss JR, Peterson K, Smith LW, et al

Psychiatr Serv. 2002 May;53(5):574-9.
Paper
 
Did Suicidal Behavior have Relevance for Prison Suicide?
Fruhwald S, Frottier P, Eher R, N, Ritter
Psychiatr Prax 2001 Oct;28(7):326-9
Abstract
 
Factors in prison suicide: one year study in Texas.
He XY, Felthous AR, Holzer CE 3rd, et al.
J Forensic Sci 2001 Jul;46(4):896-901
Abstract

Execution
           

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Lethal injection for execution: chemical asphyxiation?
Zimmers TA, Sheldon J, Lubarsky DA

PLoS Med. 2007 Apr;4(4):e156.
Paper
 
Physician participation in lethal injection executions.
Zimmers TA, Lubarsky DA.
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2007 Apr;20(2):147-51.
Abstract

 
Inadequate anaesthesia in lethal injection for execution.
Koniaris LG, Zimmers TA, Lubarsky DA, Sheldon JP.
Lancet. 2005 Apr 16-22;365(9468):1412-4.

Abstract
 
A new test for evaluating Eighth Amendment challenges to lethal injections.
[No authors listed]
Harv Law Rev. 2007 Mar;120(5):1301-23.
Abstract
 
Death penalty support for special offender populations of legally convicted murderers:
juveniles, the mentally retarded, and the mentally incompetent.

Boots DP, Heide KM, Cochran JK.
Behav Sci Law. 2004;22(2):223-38.
Abstract
 
Lethal injection, autonomy and the proper ends of medicine.
Silver D.
Bioethics. 2003 Apr;17(2):212-4.

Abstract
 
Medical aspects of capital punishment executions.
Khan A, Leventhal RM
J Forensic Sci. 2002 Jul;47(4):847-51
Abstract

Physicians and the death penalty. Physicians' participation in the death penalty and
executions

Mertz J.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1989 Jun 20;109(17-18):1898-901.

Abstract


Dogs for Cell Extractions
           

     Internet Documents
 
  A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE

The Use of Dogs for Cell Extractions in U.S. Prisons
Human Rights Watch 
October 2006

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