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Sexual Violence in the Texas Prison System
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Dec. 04, 2006
ANNOTATION: Officially reported sexual assaults occurring during the period of 2002-2005 in Texas prisons are investigated, with the aim of determining victim and perpetrator attributes, time and location of such events, and the influence of the "prison environment." This report contains these sections: executive summary; introduction; review of the relevant literature; Texas' Safe Prisons Program; research design and method; analysis of alleged prisoner on prisoner sexual assaults -- overview, alleged victims, alleged assailants, and all other Texas prisoners, unit analysis, summary of findings, and process and data issues; qualitative analysis of units; and summary and discussion. Texas possesses the highest number of reported incidents, with most assaults occurring in inmates' cells.