TBI Program, Study, or Pilot
Type: Study
Agency Providing the Funding: Rehabilitation Services Administration, US Department of Education (Study was supported partially by private resources and partially by the grant agency above)
(Merbitz, Jain, Gleeann & Good, 1995)
Year Provided/Duration: Information Unavailable
Funding Given To: Information Unavailable
Population (Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice, Parole, Probation, Jail, Prison, etc.,)
System Group
Adult Corrections from the Protective Custody and Segregation Units
(Merbitz, Jain, Gleeann & Good, 1995)
Location
Midwestern Prison
Purpose/Goal
Researchers hypothesized that prison residents with brain injury would have greater difficulty in following prison rules then residents without brain injury. (Merbitz, Jain, Gleeann & Good, 1995)
Screening Tool Used
What tool was used?
Standardized Interview
When is screening done?
Interviews were conducted as part of regular prison routine.
What happens after screening?
N/A
Who Conducted Screening?
Staff Psychologists
Data Collection
Tracking
Information on method to track data unavailable.
Findings
Of the 41 residents who reported head injury (RHI), 27 residents reported that they were admitted to hospitals consequent to brain injury and received treatment ranging from emergency care to extensive rehabilitation of a year or more. Thirty residents reported that they were unconscious for periods ranging between two minutes and two weeks. In addition, they reported a number of consent behavioral difficulties. A mean of .2132 tickets per day indicates that the residents who reported head injury received a new ticket approximately every 4.7 days. In contrast, the mean of. I373 tickets per day translates, to approximately 7.3 days between tickets for the residents who reported no head injury. (Merbitz, Jain, Gleeann & Good, 1995)
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Community Resources
Information and Referrals
N/A
Trainings
N/A
Agency Contact Information
Name
Unavailable
Unavailable
Website
Unavailable
Phone Number
Unavailable
Sustainability
N/A
Advisory Board
N/A
How was this information acquired?
Information was acquired through online published study.
References: For more information on this states work, please see references
Charles Merbitz PhD, Santosh Jain PhD, Gleeann L. Good B.S. & Ada Jain BS (1995) REPORTED HEAD INJURY AND DISCIPLINARY RULE INFRACTIONS IN PRISON, Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 22:3-4, 11-19, DOI: 10.1300/J076v22n03_02
Notes: Additional mentions from state leads/representatives
The current findings also raise the possibility that the rehabilitative outcomes of the prison could be ‘enhanced. Behavioral management techniques used to teach residents with brain-injury to avoid rule violations as described above would also be employed to teach the skills needed by such residents to fad and keep employment upon discharge. (Merbitz, Jain, Gleeann & Good, 1995)