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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Law Psychiatry. 2012 Nov 27;36(1):30–40. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.11.005

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Sample

Mean SD

Age at incarceration (N=125) 34.3 9.94
Times treated in hospital as adult (N=123) .84 2.61
Times treated for drug abuse (N=123) 1.41 2.48
Frequency Percent

Race (N=125)
 African American 54 43.2
 Caucasian 66 52.8
 Hispanic 5 4.0
Victimization (N=123)
 Sexually victimized and not physically victimized as a child 14 11.4
 Physically victimized and not sexually victimized 25 20.3
 Both physically and sexually victimized as child 40 32.5
 Not victimized 44 35.8
 Sexually victimized year preceding incarceration 34 27.9
Substance Abuse
 Substance abuse disorder (N=124) 77 62.1
 Treated for drug abuse (N=123) 65 52.8
Mental Health (N=124)
 Hospitalized as an adult 34 27.6
 Attempted suicide 32 25.8