Sexual Coercion Reported by Men and Women in Prison

摘要: An anonymous survey of 1,800 men and women in a Midwestern state prison system revealed that 104 516 respondents (20%) had been pressured or forced at least once to have sexual contact against their will while incarcerated. Supporting the validity this finding, sample staff estimated coercion rate was 15%. The reported incident 22% for male 7% female respondents. Based upon descriptions worst case incidents, 50% targets intercourse (anal, vaginal, oral), with one fourth cases qualifying as gang rape. Another 10% were subjected an attempt intercourse. One less severe touching. Prison perpetrators 18% incidents. Most rated immediate long‐term effects very negative. half did not tell anyone about incident, only 29% in...