Table 3 Case mix: demographic, clinical and offending variables (based on screening, assessment and collateral) for all individuals remanded and taken onto PICLS caseload (N = 917) and remand episodes taken onto PICLS caseload (N = 1109) for three-year period 2012–2014. Similar variables for remand episodes taken onto PICLS caseload for preceding six-year period 2006–2011, with 95 % confidence limits for proportions
Variable | Status at first remand episode for persons taken onto PICLS caseload during 2012–14 (N = 917) | All remand episodes taken onto PICLS caseload during 2012–2014 (N = 1109) | All remand episodes taken onto PICLS caseload during 2006–2011 (N = 3195) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. positive | Percentage | 95 % CI limits for percentage | Proportion positive | Percentage | 95 % CI limits for percentage | Proportion positive | Percentage | 95 % CI limits for percentage | |
Irish nationality | 772 | 84.2 | 81.7–86.5 | 952 | 85.8 | 83.7–87.8 | 2690 | 84.2 | 82.9–85.4 |
Homeless | 308 | 33.6 | 30.5–36.7 | 388 | 35.0 | 32.2–37.9 | 748 | 23.4 | 22.0–24.9 |
Lifetime Psychosis | 252 | 27.5 | 24.6–30.5 | 339 | 30.6 | 27.9–33.4 | 943 | 29.5 | 27.9–31.1 |
Active psychotic symptoms | 192 | 20.9 | 18.3–23.7 | 251 | 22.6 | 20.2–25.2 | 561 | 17.6 | 16.3–18.9 |
History substance misuse | 781 | 85.2 | 82.7–87.4 | 954 | 86.0 | 83.8–88.0 | 2773 | 86.8 | 85.6–87.9 |
History deliberate self-harm | 571 | 62.3 | 59.0–65.4 | 715 | 64.5 | 61.6–67.3 | Figure not available | ||
Violent index offence | 329 | 35.9 | 32.8–39.1 | 384 | 34.6 | 31.8–37.5 | Figure not available | ||
History of contact with psychiatric service outside prison | 599 | 65.3 | 62.1–68.4 | 770 | 69.4 | 66.6–72.1 | Figure not available | ||
Age at committal | Mean age 32.8 S.D. 10.5 | Mean age 32.6 S.D. 10.2 | Mean age 31.8 S.D. 10.8 | ||||||