Female Adjustment To Incarceration As Influenced By Sexual Assault History  

Oleh:

Zwart, Kayleen A. Islam ; Vik, Peter W.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Criminal Justice and Behavior vol. 31 no. 5 (Oct. 2005), page 521-541.
Topik: female inmates; prison adjustment; assault history; sexual assault
Fulltext: 521.pdf (162.7KB)

Isi artikel

The number of female prisoners is increasing, and many of these women report a history of sexual assault. The purpose of this studywas to explore the effect of sexual assault on adjustment to incarceration. Females with a history of childhood and adult sexual assault were expected to show greater initial reaction and slower adjustment to incarceration than women with no history of sexual assault or a history of adult assault exclusively. Female minimum-security inmates (N= 92) at a state prison participated in interviews and completed questionnaires on initial incarceration and 2 weeks later. Results indicated that type of sexual assault history influences adjustment to prison for female inmates initially and after 2 weeks of incarceration

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