title: Association of medically attended traumatic brain injury and in-prison behavioral infractions: a statewide longitudinal study.
abstract: This study examined the association between medically attended traumatic brain injury (TBI) and in-prison behavioral infractions in a statewide population by comparing rate ratios of infractions in inmates with and without TBI over an 11.5-year period (16,299 males and 1,270 females). The in-prison behavioral infraction rate was significantly increased in males with TBI compared with no TBI for all infractions (RR = 1.32, 95% CI: 1.12, 1.55), violent infractions (RR = 1.86, 95% CI: 1.54, 2.24), and nonviolent infractions (RR = 1.19, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.41). The violent behavioral infraction rate was significantly increased in females with TBI compared with no TBI (RR = 2.44, 95% CI: 1.45, 4.12). A clearer understanding of inmates with a history of TBI and further examination of the association of TBI and behavioral infractions are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, USA.
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Shiroma
authors.forename: E Elisabeth
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Pickelsimer
authors.forename: Pamela L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: Mulugeta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gebregziabher
authors.forename: Pamela K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Lattimore
authors.forename: Joyce S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Nicholas
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dukes
authors.forename: Kelly J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011330:Prisons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013022:South Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*