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This version was published on June 1, 2008
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 52, No. 3, 280-295 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X07307631

The Prevalence of Sexual Violence in Prison

The State of the Knowledge Base and Implications for Evidence-Based Correctional Policy Making

Tonisha R. Jones

Washington State University, Pullman, tonisha{at}mail.wsu.edu

Travis C. Pratt

Washington State University, Pullman

The issue of prison violence and misconduct has been the subject of considerable academic attention, yet particularized areas of violent victimization within prisons have gone relatively unnoticed. One such area involves sexual violence in prisons. Scholars have argued that sexual violence contributes to a host of institutional and individual-level problems, yet the primary limitation of this body of literature is that it has been largely confined to methodologically questionable studies of prison rape prevalence. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to critically take stock of what is and what is not currently known about the prevalence of prison sexual violence. In doing so, it highlights the direction that future research should take so that evidence-based policies concerning prison sexual violence may be developed.

Key Words: prisons • sexual violence • prison rape • evidence-based policy making


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