A Qualitative Study of Self-Injurious Behaviour in Women Offenders
Figure 2. Proportion of women who did and did not engage in NSSI while in a CSC institution who endorsed each motivation for NSSI.
This bar graph depicts the percentage of women who engaged in NSSI in a CSC institution who endorsed each reason for engaging in NSSI compared to the percentage of women who did not engage in NSSI in a CSC institution. The following is a list of the reasons, followed by the percentage of the offenders endorsed the reason who had self-injured while in a CSC institution: copings (50%); communication (33%); see blood or fee pain (67%); feels good (46%); hurt self instead of others (72%); instrumental reasons (85%); being in prison (100%); feel in control (0%); friend was self-injuring (34%); re-enact past trauma (50%); number emotions (50%); and hurt self before others hurt them (0%).