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NCT Number: NCT03341702

Predictive Factors of Violence in Prison

Prison concentrates people with violent behavior and patients suffering from psychiatric disorders. Aggression are daily, the suicide rate is 5 to 10 times higher than the ordinary environment and current prevention devices have shown their limits.

That's why, in order to improve the violence's prevention in prison, the investigator propose to identify the predictive factors of violence by studying retrospectively the link between the psychiatric profile and commission of violence after being jailed.

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Key information

Conditions

Prisoner

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Uhmontpellier

Montpellier, 34295, France

About this study

From the 1st January to the 31 December 2012, every man incarcerated was screened thanks to the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) to establish the presence of a current and/or past psychiatric diagnoses. In addition, collection of violent incidents based on penitentiary's reports (aggression, suicide, self-mutilation, intoxication, murder…) was conducted .

Then statistic analysis compared psychiatric characteristics of prisoners according to whether they commit violence or not within 12 months after being jailed, distinguish the authors of self and hetero aggressive violence. Those tests are completed with a cluster analysis to precise psychiatric from criminological profiles of dangerousness.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • being jailed from 1st january 2012 to 31 dec 2012 in the Villeneuve Lès Maguelonne prison (Hérault, France)

Exclusion criteria

  • opposition form, unable to understand french, age under 18

Treatment and study plan

penintetiary's incident reports collection

Other

collection of clinical and penitentiary 's data

Primary outcomes

  1. violent event

    Time frame: within the 12 month after incarceration

    physical assault

  2. violent event

    Time frame: within the 12 month after incarceration

    suicide attempt

  3. violent event

    Time frame: within the 12 month after incarceration

    intoxication

  4. violent event

    Time frame: within the 12 month after incarceration

    violent death

  5. violent event

    Time frame: within the 12 month after incarceration

    sexual assault

  6. violent event

    Time frame: within the 12 month after incarceration

    fire

Secondary outcomes

  1. suicide attempt

    Time frame: within the 12 month after incarceration

    according to the prison suicide attempt recording

  2. physical assault

    Time frame: within the 12 month after incarceration

    according to the prison suicide attempt recording

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Montpellier

Other

Collaborators

  • Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Registry information

Official study title

Predictive Factors of Violence in Prison, Retrospective Study in an French Incarcerated Male Population

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2018
First posted
Nov 14, 2017
Registry last updated
May 7, 2018

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