Men's Vulnerability to Prisoner-on-Prisoner Sexual Violence: A State Correctional System Case Study

• NCJ Number: 240032
• Journal: Prison Journal Volume: 92 Issue: 2 Dated: June 2012 Pages: 290-311
• Author(s): Merry Morash; Seokjin Jeong; Miriam Northcutt Bohmert; Daniel R. Bush
• Date Published: June 2012
• Length: 22 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Case Study
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article assesses imprisoned men's vulnerability to sexual assault by an inmate before policies were implemented to reduce sexual violence.

Abstract

The one-state case study described in this article assesses imprisoned men's vulnerability to sexual assault by an inmate before policies were implemented to reduce sexual violence. The cases studied were substantiated in an internal hearing procedure. On average, victims were more recently incarcerated, younger, smaller, and less aggressive than their perpetrators, but many victim-perpetrator pairs deviated from this profile. The strongest predictor of victimization was a history of childhood sexual victimization. Other predictors were race, youth, build, education, and experience with incarceration. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.