Citation

Shiroma EJ, Pickelsimer EE, Ferguson PL, Gebregziabher M, Lattimore PK, Nicholas JS, Dukes T, Hunt KJ. J. Correct. Health Care 2010; 16(4): 273-286.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, National Commission on Correctional Health Care (USA), Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1078345810378253

PMID

20881142

Abstract

This study examined the association between medically attended traumatic brain injury (TBI) and in-prison behavioral infractions in a statewide population by comparing rate ratios of infractions in inmates with and without TBI over an 11.5-year period (16,299 males and 1,270 females). The in-prison behavioral infraction rate was significantly increased in males with TBI compared with no TBI for all infractions (RR = 1.32, 95% CI: 1.12, 1.55), violent infractions (RR = 1.86, 95% CI: 1.54, 2.24), and nonviolent infractions (RR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.41). The violent behavioral infraction rate was significantly increased in females with TBI compared with no TBI (RR = 2.44, 95% CI: 1.45, 4.12). A clearer understanding of inmates with a history of TBI and further examination of the association of TBI and behavioral infractions are needed.

Language: en