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4.0% of prison inmates, 3.2% of jail inmates sexually abused at least once in prior 12 months

Topic: Violence, Sexual

Source

Citation: Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011–12, p. 6

Author(s): Beck, Berzofsky, Caspar, Krebs

Institution(s): Department of Justice

Link: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/svpjri1112.pdf

Nation(s): United States

Year(s): 2012

Source: Primary

Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

Prison inmates: 2.0% by another inmate, 2.4% by staff (0.4% overlap); Jail inmates: 1.6% by another inmate, 1.8% by staff (0.2% overlap)