J Afr Am St DOI 10.1007/s12111-013-9253-6 A RT I C L E S
Exposure to Prison Sexual Assault among Incarcerated Black Men Tawandra L. Rowell-Cunsolo & Roderick J. Harrison & Rahwa Haile
# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Abstract Despite the enactment of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA), human rights abuses involving sexual assaults abound in US prisons. Exposure to these assaults may contribute to posttraumatic stress and antisocial behavior among incarcerated Black men, because their rates of incarceration are disproportionately high. However, research on exposure to sexual assault in US prisons is limited. An anonymous self-report questionnaire on prison sexual assault exposure was administered to 134 randomly selected incarcerated Black men. Forty-three percent reported hearing sexual assaults occurring within the facility and 16 % visually witnessed them. Sexual orientation was associated with witnessing sexual assault (χ2=3.68, df=1, p
Exposure to Prison Sexual Assault among Incarcerated Black Men Tawandra L. Rowell-Cunsolo & Roderick J. Harrison & Rahwa Haile
# Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Abstract Despite the enactment of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA), human rights abuses involving sexual assaults abound in US prisons. Exposure to these assaults may contribute to posttraumatic stress and antisocial behavior among incarcerated Black men, because their rates of incarceration are disproportionately high. However, research on exposure to sexual assault in US prisons is limited. An anonymous self-report questionnaire on prison sexual assault exposure was administered to 134 randomly selected incarcerated Black men. Forty-three percent reported hearing sexual assaults occurring within the facility and 16 % visually witnessed them. Sexual orientation was associated with witnessing sexual assault (χ2=3.68, df=1, p
