Incarcerated Women in Spain: The Salience of Traumatic Exposure

Sánchez, Francisco Caravaca; Vidovic, Kristina R; Fearn, Noelle E.; Vaughn, Michael G.

doi:10.1177/0886260520985483

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“…For females only, there were five studies reporting any prison-based physical victimization comprising a sample of 1,635 females (mean age: 36.9; SD = 0.8 years). The pooled prevalence of prison-based physical victimization for females was 20.3% (95% CI [10.8–29.7%]), ranging from 5.9% (95% CI [3.4–8.4%]) (Wooldredge & Steiner, 2014) to 26.4% (95% CI [19.9–33.0%]) (Caravaca-Sánchez, Vidovic, et al, 2021). Heterogeneity was very high ( I 2 = 96.3%; p < .001).…”

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The Prevalence of Prison-based Physical and Sexual Victimization in Males and Females: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sánchez

Aizpurúa

Wolff

2022

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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This systematic review investigated the prevalence of prison-based interpersonal harm by type of victimization (physical and sexual) and sex, along with the heterogeneity among studies using meta-regression. Using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and the Meta-Analysis guidelines, 24 articles met the selection criteria. Study quality was assessed using the Joana Briggs Institute (20.8% deemed low quality, 33.3% moderate, and 45.9% high). Searches were conducted in Criminal Justice Abstracts, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Web of Science. The 24 articles comprised 36 separate samples inclusive of 23,967 incarcerated individuals. The random-effects pooled prevalence estimate of prison-based physical victimization was 18.8%, with slightly higher rates for females (20.3%) than males (18.1%). For sexual victimization, the pooled prevalence estimate was 12.4%, with higher rates among females (15.3%) than males (9.7%). For females, younger individuals reported higher rates of physical and sexual victimization and studies using smaller samples had higher rates of physical victimization. Rates of physical and sexual victimization for men were higher if perpetrators included residents and staff, the recall period was since admission, data was collected using self-administered surveys, and in low-quality studies (sexual victimization only). Rates of prison-based interpersonal harm, while high, varied significantly by type of victimization, sex, and study methodology. High heterogeneity will be reduced only if future studies adhere to best methodological practices in defining and collecting data on interpersonal harm and consistently test risk and prevention factors instrumental to prevention efforts. Study limitations include the exclusion of unpublished and non-English-language studies, small sample sizes for female studies, and methodological “noise” within the literature that reduce predictive precision.

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The Prevalence of Prison-based Physical and Sexual Victimization in Males and Females: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sánchez

Aizpurúa

Wolff

2022

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…They are women with educational deficiencies, family responsibilities and economic difficulties [34][35][36] who have often suffered abuse at an early age or intimate partner violence [25,[37][38][39][40]. And this past is also frequently accompanied by diagnoses of mental illness, drug addiction and alcoholism [21,[41][42][43][44][45], which reduces their opportunities to lead a prosocial life.…”

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Gender Discrimination in Prison: The Perception of Women Inmates and Prison Professionals

Quiroga-Carrillo,

Ferraces Otero,

Lorenzo Moledo

2024

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The prejudices that have traditionally been held against female delinquency and the numerical minority of women in the prison system have led to the invisibility of their needs and characteristics as well as to many situations of inequality while they are incarcerated. This study is aimed at exploring the gender discrimination perceived by women in Spanish prisons. To this end, a scale for perception of gender discrimination is applied to a sample of incarcerated women. Qualitative data from a questionnaire administered to prison professionals and field notes are also used. The results show that incarcerated women perceive the existence of several situations of discrimination related to socio-educational intervention and to the adaptation of prisons to their unique needs, especially for those housed in male prisons. Prison professionals hold similar views and express their concern about the feminization of activities. The study has implications for the prison system and policy makers, including the implementation of gender-responsive programming in women’s prisons, the development of periodic assessments of the experiences faced by incarcerated women, and the training of prison staff.

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Incarcerated Women in Spain: The Salience of Traumatic Exposure

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The Prevalence of Prison-based Physical and Sexual Victimization in Males and Females: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

The Prevalence of Prison-based Physical and Sexual Victimization in Males and Females: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Gender Discrimination in Prison: The Perception of Women Inmates and Prison Professionals

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