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.
Topic: victimization
The prevalence of prison-based physical and sexual victimization in males and females: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Rates of prison-based interpersonal harm, while high, varied significantly by type of victimization, sex, and study methodology.
Understanding polyvictimization in prison: Prevalence and predictors among men inmates in Spain
Victimization—physical, sexual, and emotional—is part of prison life for a sizable proportion of incarcerated people. Research has primarily focused on the prevalence and predictors of physical or sexual victimization inside prisons located in the United States. Very...
The association between substance use and physical victimization among incarcerated men in Spanish prisons
Physical victimization and substance use are common behaviors inside prisons. Yet little is known about whether there is an association between substance use and physical victimization among male inmates. We examined the absolute and relative association between...
Prevalence and predictors of sexual victimization among incarcerated men and women in Spanish prisons
Little is known about the prevalence of sexual victimization (SV) in prisons located outside the United States or the relationship between SV and current substance use (SU) among incarcerated persons. This study explores the prevalence of SV inside Spanish prisons and...
Measuring victimization inside prisons: Questioning the questions.
This article focuses on the questions used in the prison victimization literature to elicit information on victimization from inmates, compared to questions used in the general victimization literature