Association between traumatic brain injury and incarceration: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is recent evidence to suggest that sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI) increases risk of criminal justice system involvement, including incarceration. The objective of this study was to explore the association between TBI and risk of incarceration among men and women in Ontario.

Methods

We identified a cohort of 1.418 million young adults (aged 18-28 yr) on July 1, 1997, living in Ontario, Canada, from administrative health records; they were followed to Dec. 31, 2011. History of TBI was obtained from emergency and hospital records, and incarceration history was obtained from the Correctional Service of Canada records. We estimated the hazard of incarceration using Cox proportional hazard models, adjusting for relevant sociodemographic characteristics

SUBMITTER: McIsaac KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5173464 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature