This report documents the adjustment to prison life by individuals with schizophrenia and compares their adaptation with a control group with no known mental illness matched for age, race, sex, most serious crime, and security level. On all outcome variables, number of infractions, number of "lock-ups", days in "lock-up," ability to obtain a job in prison, and ability to obtain release from pri...

lrsqu'il s'agit d'un probleeme d'ordre juridique, certains plaignants essayent de se montrer comme la victime d'une infraction penale, ce genre de plaignants vaulent protiter des facilites accordees dans les affairens penales (com mea l'administration de la prevue, la charge reduite, et ia duree convenable de la procedure). par consequent, l'article publie exp...

This article explores the Roman Inquisition’s interest in dietary practices of suspected heretics throughout Catholic Mediterranean. In an era marked by rampant religious nomadism and a deep uncertainty about assaying fixing confessional identity, were often used to determine belonging. For Inquisition, non-conforming diets served as clue potentially more serious spiritual infractions. early mo...

BACKGROUND Research conducted with forensic psychiatric patients found moderate correlations between violence in institutions and psychopathy. It is unclear though, whether the PCL-R is an accurate instrument for predicting aggressive behavior in prisons. Results seem to indicate that the instrument is better suited for predicting verbal rather than physical aggression of prison inmates. METH...

Given evidence of effects of mobile phone use on driving, and also legislation, many careful drivers refrain from answering their phones when driving. However, the distracting influence of a call on driving, even in the context of not answering, has not been examined. Furthermore, given that not answering may be contrary to an individual's normal habits, this study examined whether distraction ...