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Physical Violence Inside Prisons

Rates of Victimization

Rutgers University, nwolff{at}ifh.rutgers.edu

Cynthia L. Blitz

Rutgers University

Jing Shi

Rutgers University

Jane Siegel

Rutgers University

Ronet Bachman

University of Delaware

This study estimates prevalence rates of inmate-on-inmate and staff-on-inmate physical victimization. Inmate participants were drawn from 13 adult male prisons and 1 female prison operated by a single mid-Atlantic state. A total of 7,221 men and 564 women participated. Rates of physical victimization varied significantly by gender, perpetrator, question wording, and facility. Prevalence rates of inmate-on-inmate physical violence in the previous 6 months were equal for males and females. Men had significantly higher rates of physical violence perpetrated by staff than by other inmates. By facility, inmate-on-inmate prevalence rates ranged from 129 to 346 per 1,000, whereas the range for staff-on-inmate was 83 to 321 per 1,000 (but the difference was not statistically significant).

Key Words: prison violence • physical victimization • prevalence rates

This version was published on May 1, 2007

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 5, 588-599 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806296830


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