Sexual coercion in men's prisons
Sexual violence is recognised as a global and public health problem (WHO 2002; Dumond 2003; Wolff & Shi 2009; Yap et al. 2011) and encompasses, according to the World Health Organization, any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments, or advances against a person’s sex...
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| author | Simpson, P. Reekie, J. Butler, Tony Richters, J. Yap, L. Donovan, B. |
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| description | Sexual violence is recognised as a global and public health problem (WHO 2002; Dumond 2003; Wolff & Shi 2009; Yap et al. 2011) and encompasses, according to the World Health Organization, any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments, or advances against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting (WHO 2002: 149). Most research on sexual violence has focused on the experience of women as victims and has occurred in non-incarcerated community contexts (Dumond 2003; Weiss 2010). Very little research has focused on men as victims (Weiss 2010; Peterson et al. 2011) or on those incarcerated (Wolff et al. 2006; Wolff & Shi 2011; Richters, Butler, & Schneider 2012). Indeed, prisoners are routinely excluded from community surveys based on household or telephone sampling. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-38732017-12-07T03:44:24Z Sexual coercion in men's prisons Simpson, P. Reekie, J. Butler, Tony Richters, J. Yap, L. Donovan, B. Sexual violence is recognised as a global and public health problem (WHO 2002; Dumond 2003; Wolff & Shi 2009; Yap et al. 2011) and encompasses, according to the World Health Organization, any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments, or advances against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting (WHO 2002: 149). Most research on sexual violence has focused on the experience of women as victims and has occurred in non-incarcerated community contexts (Dumond 2003; Weiss 2010). Very little research has focused on men as victims (Weiss 2010; Peterson et al. 2011) or on those incarcerated (Wolff et al. 2006; Wolff & Shi 2011; Richters, Butler, & Schneider 2012). Indeed, prisoners are routinely excluded from community surveys based on household or telephone sampling. 2016 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3873 10.1057/9781137513342_11 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Simpson, P. Reekie, J. Butler, Tony Richters, J. Yap, L. Donovan, B. Sexual coercion in men's prisons |
| title | Sexual coercion in men's prisons |
| title_full | Sexual coercion in men's prisons |
| title_fullStr | Sexual coercion in men's prisons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sexual coercion in men's prisons |
| title_short | Sexual coercion in men's prisons |
| title_sort | sexual coercion in men's prisons |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3873 |