Journal article
Years of life lost to incarceration: inequities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians
Abstract
BackgroundAboriginal representation in Canadian correctional institutions has increased rapidly over the past decade. We calculated “years of life lost to incarceration” for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.MethodsIncarceration data from provincial databases were used conjointly with demographic data to estimate rates of incarceration and years of life lost to provincial incarceration in (BC) and federal incarceration, by Aboriginal …
Authors
Owusu-Bempah A; Kanters S; Druyts E; Toor K; Muldoon KA; Farquhar JW; Mills EJ
Journal
BMC Public Health, Vol. 14, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2014
DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-14-585
ISSN
1472-698X