Honorato Bronwyn, Caltabiano Nerina, Clough Alan R
James Cook University, Room E1.003A, McGregor Road, Smithfield, Cairns, 4870 QLD Australia.
Discipline of Psychology, College of Healthcare Science, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD Australia.
Health Justice. 2016;4:3. doi: 10.1186/s40352-016-0034-x. Epub 2016 Apr 1.
There were approximately 34,000 prisoners incarcerated in Australian correctional centres as of 2014. The most common offence type for these prisoners was 'acts intended to cause injury', comprising 18 % of the total offences. Of the various risk factors for violent offending and incarceration identified in international research, trauma - either single events or ongoing; and substance abuse - which is commonly associated with violent behaviour across many cultures, are major contributors.
This paper analyses qualitative data from 11 in-depth interviews with inmates from a high security male correctional centre in QLD, Australia. The aim of the study was to explore risk factors for violence and incarceration for men from far north Queensland.
A common trajectory to violent offending and incarceration was identified for these prisoners, including: childhood/adolescent trauma; a lack of support or treatment for trauma experiences; substance abuse to mask the pain; and a 'brain snap' precipitating a violent offence.
Further research is required into factors leading to violent offending and incarceration generally. In particular early detection and intervention for trauma victims is imperative in order to reduce exposure to such a harmful trajectory from trauma to incarceration.
截至2014年，澳大利亚惩教中心关押了约34000名囚犯。这些囚犯最常见的犯罪类型是“故意伤害行为”，占总犯罪的18%。在国际研究确定的暴力犯罪和监禁的各种风险因素中，创伤（无论是单一事件还是持续存在的）以及药物滥用（在许多文化中通常与暴力行为相关）是主要因素。
本文分析了对澳大利亚昆士兰州一所高度戒备的男性惩教中心的11名囚犯进行深入访谈所得的定性数据。该研究的目的是探索昆士兰州远北地区男性暴力和监禁的风险因素。
确定了这些囚犯暴力犯罪和监禁的常见轨迹，包括：童年/青少年创伤；对创伤经历缺乏支持或治疗；用药物滥用掩盖痛苦；以及引发暴力犯罪的“大脑失控”。
总体而言，需要对导致暴力犯罪和监禁的因素进行进一步研究。特别是必须对创伤受害者进行早期发现和干预，以减少他们遭受从创伤到监禁这种有害轨迹的风险。
