Violence Against Incarcerated Women: Predicting Risk Through the Lens of Childhood Harm

Victimization is common inside prisons and much remains unknown about the predictors of violence against incarcerated women. A sample of 564 incarcerated women was used to examine the link between in-prison victimization, childhood (physical, sexual, and emotional) harm, and mental illness. Nearly h...

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1. VerfasserIn: Wolff, Nancy (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Aizpurua, Eva ; Peng, Dan
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: Violence against women
Jahr: 2022, Band: 28, Heft: 10, Seiten: 2466-2492
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Depression
childhood abuse
physical victimization
Sexual Victimization
Prison
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Zusammenfassung:Victimization is common inside prisons and much remains unknown about the predictors of violence against incarcerated women. A sample of 564 incarcerated women was used to examine the link between in-prison victimization, childhood (physical, sexual, and emotional) harm, and mental illness. Nearly half or more of women reported childhood harm and over one-quarter experienced in-prison victimization. Childhood harm fell into four latent classes and low sexual abuse and high abuse classes predicted resident-on-resident sexual victimization, as did single types of childhood harm. Current depressive symptoms and perceptions of overcrowding predicted physical and sexual victimization perpetrated by residents and correctional staff.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012211035814