Closing the (incarceration) gap: assessing the socio-economic and clinical indicators of indigenous males by lifetime incarceration status

Closing the (incarceration) gap: assessing the socio-economic and clinical indicators of indigenous males by lifetime incarceration status

Abstract Background Approximately 1 in 5 to 1 in 6 Indigenous Australian males are currently imprisoned or have previously been imprisoned. Recent work has also pointed to a widening socio-economic gap within the Indigenous population. Given the myriad social, wellbeing and environmental risk factor...

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Main Authors: Stephane M. Shepherd, Ben Spivak, Linda J. Ashford, Isabel Williams, Justin Trounson, Yin Paradies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Indigenous Australians
Closing the gap
Risk factors for offending
Incarceration
Aboriginal
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-08794-3

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