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Identification of Risk Factors for Self‐Injurious Behavior in Male Prisoners *
Author(s) -
Lanes Eric
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01028.x
Subject(s) - conviction , logistic regression , psychology , clinical psychology , criminal behavior , risk assessment , identification (biology) , poison control , injury prevention , psychiatry , demography , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology , biology , computer security , sociology , political science , computer science , law , botany
Male prisoners with ( n = 132) and without ( n = 132) histories of engaging in self‐injurious behavior (SIB) were matched on conviction prefix and custody level. Conditional logistic regression revealed that a combination of risk factors from domains defined by developmental, offense history, mental health, and institutional functioning factors correctly classified 93% of the prisoners in the sample (ROC AUC = 0.89, S.E. = 0.005, p < 0.0001). Model specificity was 92.6% and sensitivity was 95.3%. False positive and false negative rates were 2.3% and 3.4%, respectively. Implications for the assessment of prisoners at risk for SIB as well as suggested future directions for SIB prisoner research are discussed.