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Only 5.8% of prisons and 9.5% of jails reported no incidents of sexual victimization 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:

pp. 6, 18 – Rate of staff-on-inmate rape higher among males