Physical Violence Inside Prisons: Rates Of Victimization  

Oleh:

Wolff, Nancy ; Blitz, Cynthia L. ; Shi, Jie ; Siegel, Jane ; Bachman, Ronet

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Criminal Justice and Behavior vol. 34 no. 5 (May 2008), page 588-599.
Topik: prison violence; physical victimization; prevalence rates
Fulltext: 588.pdf (103.02KB)

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This study estimates prevalence rates of inmate-on-inmate and staff-on-inmate physical victimization. Inmate participants were drawn from 13 adult male prisons and 1 female prison operated by a single mid-Atlantic state. A total of 7,221 men and 564 women participated. Rates of physical victimization varied significantly by gender, perpetrator, question wording, and facility. Prevalence rates of inmate-on-inmate physical violence in the previous 6 months were equal for males and females. Men had significantly higher rates of physical violence perpetrated by staff than by other inmates. By facility, inmate-oninmate prevalence rates ranged from 129 to 346 per 1,000, whereas the range for staff-on-inmate was 83 to 321 per 1,000 (but the difference was not statistically significant).

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