Qualitative Criminology (QC)
Abstract
"Once incarcerated, inmates face a myriad of potential threats to their physical and emotional wellbeing. The threat of being sexually or otherwise victimized while in prison breeds anxiety and fear among inmates, especially those who are new to the prison environment. In response, inmates have developed strategies to avoid victimization. The present study, utilizing self-report questionnaires, asked a sample of male and female inmates in a large Southern prison system about the advice they would give to another newly incarcerated inmate to avoid being sexually assaulted. A thematic analysis of inmates’ open-ended responses revealed male and female inmates have different strategies for avoiding victimization, many of which can be linked back to tenets of the inmate code. Based on these findings it is suggested that gender responsive education and treatment are necessary to preventing and responding to fear about, and incidents of, sexual victimization in prisons."
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Recommended Citation
Marques, Beatriz Amalfi; Blackburn, Ashley G.; Fowler, Shannon K.; Mullings, Janet L.; and Lecuna, Maria L.
(2021)
"Straight From the Source: Examining Gender Differences in Inmate Advice for Avoiding Prison Sexual Victimization,"
Qualitative Criminology (QC): Vol. 10:
No.
1, Article 3.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/qc/vol10/iss1/3
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