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 E-Mail An international study has found that four out of five women in prison in Scotland have a history of head injury, mostly sustained through domestic violence. Published recently in The Lancet, researchers, including SFU psychology graduate student Hira Aslam, say the study has important implications for the female prison population more broadly and could help to inform mental health and criminal justice policy development. The findings are incredibly sobering, says Aslam. While we anticipated that the incidence of head injuries among women who are involved in the criminal justice system would be high, these estimates exceeded our expectations. Researchers also found that violent criminal behaviour was three times more likely among women who had a history of significant head injury, while women who sustained such injuries generally had prison sentences that were three times longer. Two-thirds were found to have suffered repeated head injuries, and nearly all reported

United kingdomStephen hartNational prisoner healthcare networkDepartment of psychologyCommunications marketingUniversity of oxfordMental healthUniversity of glasgowSimon fraser universityHira aslamNational prisoner healthcarePolicy instituteFraser universityExperts directoryஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம்ஸ்டீபன் ஹார்ட்