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Table 1 Basic characteristics of prison inmates

From: Fifteen years of heroin-assisted treatment in a Swiss prison—a retrospective cohort study

 

Total

Non-HAT

HATa

Missing, N (%)

pb

pBonfc

N inmates (%)

1885 (100)

1788 (94.9)

97 (5.2)

0 (0)

n.a.

n.a.

Prison terms

• N

1591 inmates: 1 term

228 inmates: 2 terms

52 inmates: 3 terms

10 inmates: 4 terms

3 inmates: 5 terms

1 inmate: 6 terms

Total: 2239 terms

1529 inmates: 1 term

204 inmates: 2 terms

43 inmates: 3 terms

8 inmates: 4 terms

3 inmates: 5 terms

1 inmates: 6 terms

Total: 2119 terms

62 inmates: 1 term

24 inmates: 2 terms

9 dinmates: 3 terms

2 inmates: 4 terms

Total: 120 terms

0 (0)

n.a.

n.a.

• Total length [months], median (IQR, min–max)

3.1 (5.39, 0.0–101.0)

3.0 (4.94, 0.0–101.0)

7.3 (10.71, 0.3–40.9)

0 (0)

0.000

n.a.

Sex, N (%), male

1885 (100)

1788 (100)

97 (100)

0 (0)

n.a.

n.a.

Age, mean (SD, min–max)d

33.8 (10.83, 17.0–85.0)

33.8 (11.01, 17.0–85.0)

34.9 (6.61, 22.0–52.0)

0 (0)

0.000

n.a.

Nationality, N (%), Swiss

583 (30.9)

517 (28.9)

66 (68.0)

349 (15.6)

0.000

n.a.

Index offense, N (%), with ≥ 1 offense

   

152 (6.8)

  

• Drug

462 (24.5)

414 (23.2)

48 (49.5)

 

0.000

0.000

• Traffic, lighte

216 (11.5)

205 (11.5)

11 (11.3)

 

0.97

1.0

• Traffic, severef

100 (5.3)

99 (5.5)

1 (1.0)

 

0.05

0.9

• Arson

7 (0.4)

7 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

 

0.54

1.0

• Kidnapping

3 (0.2)

3 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

 

0.69

1.0

• Sex

41 (2.2)

40 (2.2)

1 (1.0)

 

0.43

1.0

• Homicide/manslaughter

21 (1.1)

1 (1.1)

1 (1.0)

 

0.94

1.0

• Property

747 (39.6)

685 (38.3)

62 (63.9)

 

0.000

0.000

 ° Fraud

122 (6.5)

115 (6.4)

7 (7.2)

 

0.76

1.0

 ° Theft

597 (31.7)

541 (30.3)

56 (57.7)

 

0.000

0.000

 ° Robbery/extortion

75 (4.0)

65 (3.6)

10 (10.3)

 

0.001

0.018

 ° Otherg

108 (5.7)

100 (5.6)

8 (8.2)

 

0.27

1.0

• Assault

173 (9.2)

162 (9.1)

11 (11.3)

 

0.45

1.0

• Weaponsh

24 (1.3)

21 (1.2)

3 (3.1)

 

0.10

1.0

• Obstruction of justicei

82 (4.4)

75 (4.2)

7 (7.2)

 

0.16

1.0

• Otherj

752 (39.9)

730 (40.8)

22 (22.7)

 

0.000

0.000

• Total violent crimesk

289 (15.3)

270 (15.1)

19 (19.6)

 

0.23

1.0

• Grand total

1674 (88.8l)

1586 (88.7l)

88 (90.7l)

 

0.54

1.0

  1. HAT heroin-assisted treatment, IQR interquartile range, min minimum, max maximum, N number, SD standard deviation
  2. aIncludes heroin with or without other substituents (46.4% persons with methadone and 4.1% with morphine or buprenorphine)
  3. bKruskal-Wallis test for period length, t test for age, Pearson’s chi-squared test for frequencies otherwise
  4. cBonferroni-corrected p value correction only applied to offense-related variables
  5. dAge is at the middle of an inmate’s imprisonment period. In the case of several stays, the mean is taken
  6. eIncludes driving without a license and violations of traffic and transportation laws
  7. fIncludes drunk driving and hit-and-run
  8. gIncludes handling stolen goods and computer fraud
  9. hIncludes any violation of weapons laws
  10. iIncludes violence or threats against public authorities or officials, contempt of official orders, prevention of an official action
  11. jIncludes property damage, violations of immigration laws, refusal to present personal identification, libel/slander, violations of animal protection laws, panhandling, and others
  12. kIncludes homicide, manslaughter, assault, sex offenses, robbery, and blackmail
  13. lThe numbers do not sum to 100% due to missing values
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