Homework Assignment #2
Sexual Victimization of Inmates In 2003, the Prison Rape Elimination act was enacted to help analyze the effect of prison rape in December 2007 (Beck & Harrison). Researchers recorded 23,398 inmates held in 146 sampled prison systems in the National Inmate Survey (Beck & Harrison). In this survey 1,330 reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization, in which 24,700 of jail inmate’s experienced sexual violence or 3.2% of all jail inmates nationwide (Beck & Harrison).
According to this research, it has been proven that sexual violence has taken a new effect on prison inmates and something needs to improve so the victimization rate decreases. This should also include the state prison system. According …show more content…
Although there may be many factors that can play in the inmates’ victimization, they can be subject to being a victim of either gang violence from another gang (Sisco & Becker). As a result that can be a whole group of individuals that come together to help or just one person from the rival gang. Victims have also reported being targets of unwanted sexual comments and advances from other inmates routinely (Sisco & Becker). Out of the 174 male inmate in three of Oklahoma’s state prisons the characteristics mostly associated with becoming a victim of unwanted sexual advances were; Caucasian, single, small in size, in their early twenties, being in maximum or medium security and being homosexual (Sisco & Becker). Identically to Wooldredge findings Sisco and Becker found the prevalence of inmates sexual assaults for the difference of the characteristics of each facilities were; the security level, number of inmates per cell, housing type, amount of free time, and type of the inmate population (Sisco & Becker 2007, reciting Alarid, 2000; Nicci & Kane, 1984; Saum
Sexual Victimization of Inmates In 2003, the Prison Rape Elimination act was enacted to help analyze the effect of prison rape in December 2007 (Beck & Harrison). Researchers recorded 23,398 inmates held in 146 sampled prison systems in the National Inmate Survey (Beck & Harrison). In this survey 1,330 reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization, in which 24,700 of jail inmate’s experienced sexual violence or 3.2% of all jail inmates nationwide (Beck & Harrison).
According to this research, it has been proven that sexual violence has taken a new effect on prison inmates and something needs to improve so the victimization rate decreases. This should also include the state prison system. According …show more content…
Although there may be many factors that can play in the inmates’ victimization, they can be subject to being a victim of either gang violence from another gang (Sisco & Becker). As a result that can be a whole group of individuals that come together to help or just one person from the rival gang. Victims have also reported being targets of unwanted sexual comments and advances from other inmates routinely (Sisco & Becker). Out of the 174 male inmate in three of Oklahoma’s state prisons the characteristics mostly associated with becoming a victim of unwanted sexual advances were; Caucasian, single, small in size, in their early twenties, being in maximum or medium security and being homosexual (Sisco & Becker). Identically to Wooldredge findings Sisco and Becker found the prevalence of inmates sexual assaults for the difference of the characteristics of each facilities were; the security level, number of inmates per cell, housing type, amount of free time, and type of the inmate population (Sisco & Becker 2007, reciting Alarid, 2000; Nicci & Kane, 1984; Saum