Issues Related to Victimization in Correctional Settings

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Personal safety is an omnipresent concern among those who live and work in correctional facilities. Beyond the consequences for health and safety, victimization of incarcerated people impacts outcomes such as programming, substance use, and recidivism, while victimization of employees leads to work stress, poor job satisfaction, and turnover. Understanding the factors that increase or decrease risk can help to identify avenues for removing opportunities for violence. It is also vital to understand how to appropriately intervene after violence has taken place. Therefore, the research presented in this panel examines who is at risk for victimization in a correctional setting, how to screen for victimization risk, and provides best practices for preventing and responding to victimization.

Sub Unit

• Area VI. The Criminal Justice System / 48. Jails & Prisons

Individual Presentations

• Twenty Years Since PREA: Preliminary Findings on Supporting Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual Violence - Paige Remington, Urban Institute; Mary Hayford, Urban Institute; Evelyn F. McCoy, Urban Institute; Storm Ervin, The Urban Institute; Breanna Boppre, Urban Institute, Justice and Safety Division

• A Comparison of Two Prison Rape Elimination Act Screening Tools - Valerie A. Clark, Minnesota Department of Corrections; Susan McNeeley, Minnesota Department of Corrections; Grant Duwe, Minnesota Department of Corrections

• Chronic Misconduct Predicts Violent Victimization in Prison - Matthew Logan, Texas State University; Susan McNeeley, Minnesota Department of Corrections

• Officer down – Analyzing 120 years of correctional officer homicides - Joshua S. Long, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Chair

• Susan McNeeley, Minnesota Department of Corrections

Organized by a Division or external group?

Division of Corrections and Sentencing
Division of Victimology