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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 9.
Published in final edited form as: Violence Vict. 2009;24(4):469–484. doi: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.4.469

TABLE 2.

Percentage With Overlapping Physical and Sexual Victimization, Male and Female Facilities

Victimization Experience Over a 6-Month Period
Percentage Also Experiencing Sexual Harm
Percentage Also Experiencing Physical Harm
Type of In-Prison Victimization Inmate on Inmateb Staff on Inmateb Either Inmate on Inmate or Staff on Inmatec Inmate on Inmateb Staff on Inmate Either Inmate on Inmate or Staff on Inmate
Male facilities (N = 12)
Physical victimization, 6 month
 Inmate on inmate (N = 1,419) 12.6 15.0 22.2 50.8
 Staff on inmate (N = 1,725) 9.5 19.0 23.2 41.8
Sexual victimization, 6 month
 Inmate on inmate (N = 295) 37.1 60.2 55.2 72.7
 Staff on inmate (N = 519) 20.9 40.4 62.2 70.4
Female facility (N = 1)
Physical victimization, 6 month
 Inmate on inmate(N = 116) 46.5 16.2 48.3 24.3
 Staff on inmate (N = 47) 51.6 37.5 63.3 60.2
Sexual victimization, 6 month
 Inmate on inmate (N = 119) 21.1 44.9 20.3 49.3
 Staff on inmate (N = 43) 57.9 43.6 41.3 53.7

Note. Estimates are based on a weighted valid percentage.

a

Denotes inmate perpetrator and inmate victim.

b

Denotes staff perpetrator and inmate victim.

c

Denotes either inmate or staff perpetrator and inmate victim.