Psychological stressors of imprisonment and coping of older incarcerated persons: a qualitative interview study
To improve the psychological well-being of older incarcerated persons, there is a need for: specialised training of prison staff regarding hardships that elderly persons can face in prison relationships, encouragement and enablement of social contacts with the outside world, and increasing possibilities for autonomy, new challenges, and thus stimuli within a limited setting.
Authors
- Jens Gaab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9194-8491)
- Bernice S. Elger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4249-7399)
- Stuart McLennan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2019-6253)
- Leila Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0579-1150)
- Helene Seaward
- Tenzin Wangmo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0857-0510)
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- University of Basel (CH)
- University Centre of Legal Medicine (CH)
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-21452-w
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.40
Funders
- Universität Basel
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung