Ex-military personnel in the criminal justice system: A cross-sectional study

Bray, Isabelle; O'Malley, Paula; Ashcroft, Sarah; Adedeji, Liz; Spriggs, Adam

Abstract

The aim of this article is to estimate the proportion of Regular veterans in England and Wales who are in prison or supervised by a Probation Trust. A cross-sectional data linkage approach was taken, matching a database of Service leavers with prison and probation data. The proportion of those in the criminal justice system who are veterans was estimated to be 3.4%. For men aged 18-54 years, the proportion of the general population in prison was 43% (95% CI: 37%-49%) higher than the proportion of veterans in prison. There is no evidence that veterans are over-represented in the criminal justice system. © 2013 The Howard League and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2013
• Journal: Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
• Print ISSN: 0265-5527
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-2311
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 516-526
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12027
• Keywords: veteran, criminal justice system, prison, probation
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/937205
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12027