How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA
Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major …

Remand prisoners (RP) are non-sentenced individuals who must be held in prison awaiting
sentencing. The international data reported that up to a third of the detainees worldwide are …

Background Prison sentences are a particular type of penalty that aim to reintegrate
individuals into society. Nonetheless, research suggests that prison sentences have a null or …

Although the exact toll of COVID-19 in US prisons and jails is relatively undetermined,
estimates show that deaths due to the virus in the nation's correctional facilities are …

This research examines the association between racial/ethnic discrimination and mental
health among women university students in light of the increase in racially motivated hate …

Background Suicides are more common in forensic patients than in the general population.
Two reasons for this discrepancy are discussed:(1) Suicides are the consequence of …

People in prison bear a higher burden of psychiatric morbidity compared with the general
population. This study examined the extent to which individual and environmental factors …

Introduction Maintaining an inmate's health can serve as a challenge due to unhealthy
background, risky behavior, and long imprisonment. This study aimed to analyze the …

Life course theories suggest that fathers' lifetime criminal legal system contact could
contribute to poor parent–child outcomes via deterioration in couple relationship quality and …

Purpose Suicide and suicide-related incidents have increased within women's prisons in the
UK. This paper aims to synthesise the findings of qualitative literature, to gain a deeper …