E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, 242612The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
European Social Survey ERIC, Dublin, Ireland.
Violence Against Women. 2022 Aug;28(10):2466-2492. doi: 10.1177/10778012211035814. Epub 2021 Oct 16.
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 and 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.
受害者在监狱内很常见，但对于导致被监禁女性遭受暴力的因素，人们仍知之甚少。本研究使用了 564 名被监禁女性的样本，以检验狱中受害、童年期（身体、性和情感）伤害与精神疾病之间的关系。将近一半或更多的女性报告称曾遭受过童年期伤害，超过四分之一的女性曾在狱中遭受过伤害。童年期伤害可分为四个潜在类别，且某些类别的童年期伤害以及单一类型的童年期伤害均预测了居民之间以及居民与狱警之间的性受害。当前的抑郁症状和对过度拥挤的感知预测了居民和狱警实施的身体和性侵犯。
