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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 3.

Percentage With Current and Previous Victimization by Type of Victimization and Gender

Male Facilities Female Facility

In-Prison Physical Victimization Experienced at Least Once In Past 6 Months
Source of Victimization Yes No Yes No
Inmate on inmatea N = 1,419 N = 5,440 N = 116 N = 446
 Prior physical victimization <18 67.4* 54.0 65.7* 49.5
 Prior sexual victimization <18 14.0* 8.7 56.1* 43.7
Staff on inmateb N = 1,725 N = 5,131 N = 47 N = 516
 Prior physical victimization <18 63.2* 54.5 61.9 52.0
 Prior sexual victimization <18 10.8 9.5 53.2 45.6
In-Prison Sexual Victimization Experienced at Least Once in Past 6 Months
Inmate on inmate N = 295 N = 6,545 N = 119 N = 441
 Prison physical Victimization<18 64.0* 56.3 69.1* 48.4
 Prior sexual victimization <18 27.2* 9.0 61.8* 41.9
Staff on inmate N = 519 N = 6,300 N = 43 N = 517
 Prior physical victimization <18 66.6* 55.9 65.4 51.7
 Prior sexual victimization <18 15.6* 9.3 56.8 45.1

Note. Estimates are based on a weighted valid percentage.

a

Denotes inmate perpetrator and inmate victim.

b

Denotes staff perpetrator and inmate victim.

*

Statistically significant difference between victimization group and no victimization group with chi-square test (p < .05).