RT Article
T1 An Analysis of Statutes Criminalizing Correctional Officer Sexual Misconduct With Inmates
JF The prison journal
VO 100
IS 1
SP 126
OP 148
A1 Kowalski, Melissa A.
A2 Hemmens, Craig 1960-
A2 Stohr, Mary K.
A2 Mei, Xiaohan
A2 Turner, John R.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800139144
AB The 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) mandates that U.S. state correctional systems regulate and reduce staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities. As data on correctional officer sexual misconduct are limited and its legal definition varies across states, this study utilized statutory analysis to document how staff sexual misconduct is defined and how it is punished across state correctional systems. The most notable finding is that although all 50 states have statutes designed to protect incarcerated persons from being sexually victimized by correctional staff, they are far from uniform.
K1 PREA
K1 correctional officer
K1 Sexual Misconduct
K1 Statute
DO 10.1177/0032885519882611