Predictive Factors of Violence in Prison

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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03341702

Enrollment

1200

Registered

2017-11-14

Start date

2015-04-01

Completion date

2018-03-01

Last updated

2018-05-07

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Conditions

Prisoner

Keywords

jail, violence, predictive factors, prevention

Brief summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Interventions

OTHERpenintetiary's incident reports collection

collection of clinical and penitentiary 's data

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
violent event	within the 12 month after incarceration	physical assault

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
suicide attempt	within the 12 month after incarceration	according to the prison suicide attempt recording
physical assault	within the 12 month after incarceration	according to the prison suicide attempt recording

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026