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Table 1 Description of offender sample

From: Assessing vulnerability to risk of suicide and self-harm in prisoners: a Rasch analysis of the suicide concerns for offenders in the prison environment (SCOPE-2)

Age range, (Mean and SD)

Female sample (N = 427)

Male sample (N = 624)

15–65 (29.11, 8.29)

14–66 (20.55, 8.64)

Ethnicity N (%)

 White British

379 (88.8)

495 (79.3)

 African American

28 (6.6)

51 (8.2)

 Asian

1 (0.2)

23 (3.7)

 Mixed Race

7 (1.6)

9 (1.4)

 Other

5 (1.2)

13 (2.1)

 Missing

7 (1.6)

33 (5.3)

Committing offence1or on remand N (%)

 Violence against the person

27 (6.3)

56 (9)

 Sexual offences

0 (0)

56 (9)

 Burglary and Robbery

49 (11.5)

195 (31.3)

 Theft

58 (13.6)

72 (11.5)

 Fraud and forgery

7 (1.6)

14 (2.2)

 Criminal damage

8 (1.9)

8 (1.3)

 Drug

64 (15.0)

24 (3.8)

 Motoring

13 (3.0)

59 (9.5)

 Other

31 (7.3)

58 (9.3)

 On remand

151 (35.4)

34. (5.4)

 Missing

19 (4.4)

48 (7.7)

At risk of self-harm N (%)

 Current self-harm ideation

118 (27.6)

90 (14.4)

 Current suicidal ideation

123 (28.8)

128 (20.5)

 Historical self-harm or suicidal behaviour

61 (14.3)

43 (6.9)

 No history of the above

235 (55.0)

432 (69.2)

  1. 1The category of offences were taken from The Offenders Index Code Book. Accessed through the UK data service