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Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011–12 National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011–12 National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 Federal and state prisons Local jails Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. BJS Statistician Marcus Berzofsky, Dr.P.H., Rachel Caspar, and Christopher Krebs, Ph.D., RTI International May 2013, NCJ 241399 BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics William J. Sabol Acting Director BJS Website: www.bjs.gov [email protected] The Bureau of Justice Statistics is the statistics agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. William J. Sabol is the acting director. This report was written by Allen J. Beck, Ph.D., BJS Statistician, and Marcus Berzofsky, Dr.P.H., Rachel Caspar, and Christopher Krebs, Ph.D., RTI International. Paige M. Harrison (former BJS statistician) was the project manager for the NIS-3. RTI International staff, under a cooperative agreement and in collaboration with BJS, designed the survey, developed the questionnaires, and monitored the data collection and processing. The staff included Rachel Caspar, Principal Investigator/Instrumentation Task Leader; Christopher Krebs, Co-principal Investigator; Ellen Stutts, Co-principal Investigator and Data Collection Task Leader; Susan Brumbaugh, Logistics Task Leader; Jamia Bachrach, Human Subjects Task Leader; David Forvendel, Research Computing Task Leader; and Marcus Berzofsky, Statistics Task Leader. Ramona Rantala, BJS statistician, and RTI staff, including Heather Meier, Barbara Alexander, and Rodney Baxter, verified the report. Morgan Young and Jill Thomas edited the report, and Barbara Quinn designed and produced the report under the supervision of Doris J. James. May 2013, NCJ 241399 Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011–12 | May 2013 2 Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011–12 National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 Federal and state prisons Local jails Allen J. Beck, Ph.D. BJS Statistician Marcus Berzofsky, Dr.P.H., Rachel Caspar, and Christopher Krebs, Ph.D., RTI International May 2013, NCJ 241399 BJS Contents Highlights 6 Special inmate populations—Inmates with a non-heterosexual National Inmate Survey-3 8 sexual orientation 30 Incidents of sexual victimization 8 Methodology 32 Facility-level rates 10 Appendix 1 Survey items related to inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 41 Demographic and other characteristics 17 Appendix 2 Survey items related to staff sexual misconduct, Special inmate populations—Inmates ages 16 to 17 20 National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 42 Special inmate populations— Inmates with mental health Appendix 3 Follow-up questions for inmates reporting no sexual problems 24 activity, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 42 List of tables Table 1 Adult inmates reporting sexual victimization, by type of Table 12 Prevalence of sexual victimization among juveniles ages facility and incident, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 9 16–17 and inmates ages 18–19 and 20–24, by type of incident and Table 2 Prevalence of sexual victimization across inmate surveys, by inmate characteristics, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 22 type of incident, National Inmate Survey, 2007, 2008–09, Table 13 Circumstances surrounding incidents among juveniles ages and 2011–12 10 16–17 and inmates ages 18–19 and 20–24, by type of victimization, Table 3 Facilities with high rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 23 victimization, by type of facility, National Inmate Survey, Table 14 Prevalence of victimization by current mental health status 2011–12 12 and history of mental health problems among inmates, by type of Table 4 Facilities with high rates of staff sexual misconduct, by type facility, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 24 of facility, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 13 Table 15 Prevalence of serious psychological distress among adults Table 5 Facilities with low rates of sexual victimization, by type of in prisons, jails, and the U.S. civilian noninstitutional population, facility, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 15 2011–12 26 Table 6 Rates of sexual victimization in special correctional facilities, Table 16 Prevalence of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization, by type of incident and facility, National Inmate Survey, by current mental health status and inmate characteristics, National 2011–12 16 Inmate Survey, 2011–12 27 Table 7 Prevalence of sexual victimization, by type of incident and Table 17 Prevalence of staff sexual misconduct, by current mental inmate characteristics, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 17 health status and inmate characteristics, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 28 Table 8 Prevalence of sexual victimization, by type of incident and inmate sexual characteristics, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 18 Table 18 Circumstances surrounding incidents among adult inmates, by current mental health status and type of victimization, National Table 9 Prevalence of sexual victimization, by type of incident and Inmate Survey, 2011–12 29 inmate criminal justice status and history, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 19 Table 19 Prevalence of sexual victimization, by type of incident and inmate sexual orientation, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 30 Table 10 Prevalence of sexual victimization, by type of incident and age of inmate, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 21 Table 20 Circumstances surrounding incidents of sexual victimization among heterosexual and non-heterosexual inmates, National Inmate Table 11 Juvenile inmates reporting sexual victimization, by type of Survey, 2011–12 31 incident, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 21 Sexual Victimization in Prisons and Jails Reported by Inmates, 2011-12 | May 2013 4 List of figures Figure 1 Confidence intervals at the 95% level for prisons with high Figure 3 Confidence intervals at the 95% level for prisons with high rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization, National Inmate rates of staff sexual misconduct, National Inmate Survey, Survey, 2011–12 11 2011–12 14 Figure 2 Confidence intervals at the 95% level for jails with high Figure 4 Confidence intervals at the 95% level for jails with high rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimization, National Inmate rates of staff sexual misconduct, National Inmate Survey, Survey, 2011–12 11 2011–12 14 List of appendix tables Appendix table 1 Characteristics of state and federal prisons and Appendix table 14 Standard errors for table 10: Juvenile inmates prevalence of sexual victimization, by facility, National Inmate Survey, reporting sexual victimization, by type of incident, National Inmate 2011–12 43 Survey, 2011–12 102 Appendix table 2 Percent of prison inmates reporting sexual Appendix table 15 Standard errors for table 11: Prevalence of sexual victimization, by type of incident and facility, National Inmate Survey, victimization, by type of incident and age of inmate, National Inmate 2011–12 49 Survey, 2011–12 102 Appendix table 3 Percent of prison inmates reporting sexual Appendix table 16 Standard errors for table 12: Prevalence of sexual victimization by level of coercion, by facility, National Inmate Survey, victimization among juveniles ages 16–17 and inmates ages 18–19 2011–12 55 and 20–24, by type of incident and inmate characteristics, National Appendix table 4 Percent of prison inmates reporting Inmate Survey, 2011–12 103 nonconsensual sexual acts and abusive sexual contacts, by facility, Appendix table 17 Standard errors for table 13: Circumstances National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 61 surrounding incidents among juveniles ages 16–17 and inmates ages Appendix table 5 Characteristics of jails and prevalence of sexual 18–19 and 20–24, by type of victimization, National Inmate Survey, victimization, by facility, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 67 2011–12 103 Appendix table 6 Percent of jail inmates reporting victimization, by Appendix table 18 Standard errors for table 14: Prevalence of type of incident and facility, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 75 victimization by current mental health status and history of mental health problems among inmates, by type of facility, National Inmate Appendix table 7 Percent of jail inmates reporting sexual Survey, 2011–12 104 victimization, by level of coercion and facility, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 83 Appendix table 19 Standard errors for table 15: Prevalence of serious psychological distress among adults in prisons, jails, and the Appendix table 8 Percent of jail inmates reporting nonconsensual U.S. civilian noninstitutional population, 2011–12 104 sexual acts and abusive sexual contacts, by facility, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 91 Appendix table 20 Standard errors for table 16: Prevalence of inmate-on-inmate victimization, by current mental health status and Appendix table 9 Characteristics of special correctional facilities and inmate characteristics, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 105 prevalence of sexual victimization, by facility, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 99 Appendix table 21 Standard errors for table 17: Prevalence of staff sexual misconduct, by current mental health status and inmate Appendix table 10 Standard errors for table 2: Prevalence of sexual characteristics, National Inmate Survey, 2011–12 105 victimization across inmate surveys, by type of incident, National Inmate Survey, 2007, 2008–09, and 2011–12 99 Appendix table 22 Standard errors for table 18: Circumstances surrounding incidents among adult inmates, by current mental health Appendix table 11 Standard errors for table 7: Prevalence of sexual status and type of victimization, National Inmate
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