Prison Rape
An American Institution?
1st Edition
Published on 20. February 2013
216 pages
978-1-4408-0272-0 (ISBN)
Description
Rape is a fact of life for the incarcerated. Can American society maintain the commitment expressed in recent federal legislation to eliminate the rampant and costly sexual abuse that has been institutionalized into its system of incarceration?
Each year, as many as 200,000 individuals are victims of various types of sexual abuse perpetrated in American prisons, jails, juvenile detention facilities, and lockups. As many as 80,000 of them suffer violent or repeated rape. Those who are outside the incarceration experience are largely unaware of this ongoing physical and mental damage-abuses that not only affect the victims and perpetrators, but also impose vast costs on society as a whole. This book supplies a uniquely full account of this widespread sexual abuse problem.
Author Michael Singer has drawn on official reports to provide a realistic assessment of the staggering financial cost to society of this sexual abuse, and comprehensively addressed the current, severely limited legal procedures for combating sexual abuse in incarceration. The book also provides an evaluation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 and its recently announced national standards, and assesses their likely future impact on the institution of prison rape in America.
Each year, as many as 200,000 individuals are victims of various types of sexual abuse perpetrated in American prisons, jails, juvenile detention facilities, and lockups. As many as 80,000 of them suffer violent or repeated rape. Those who are outside the incarceration experience are largely unaware of this ongoing physical and mental damage-abuses that not only affect the victims and perpetrators, but also impose vast costs on society as a whole. This book supplies a uniquely full account of this widespread sexual abuse problem.
Author Michael Singer has drawn on official reports to provide a realistic assessment of the staggering financial cost to society of this sexual abuse, and comprehensively addressed the current, severely limited legal procedures for combating sexual abuse in incarceration. The book also provides an evaluation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 and its recently announced national standards, and assesses their likely future impact on the institution of prison rape in America.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-0272-0 (9781440802720)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
02/2013
Praeger Publishers Inc
€58.60
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
Michael Singer, MA, PhD, JD, is professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London, England.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. The Extent of Sexual Abuse in Incarceration
1. Recognition of the Prevalence of Sexual Abuse
2. Assessment of the Prevalence of Sexual Abuse
3. Recent Developments
II. The Cost of Sexual Abuse in Incarceration
4. The Suffering of Victims
5. The Cost to Society at Large
6. The Moral Cost to American Society
III. Combating Sexual Abuse in Incarceration through the Courts
7. State and Comparable Federal Lawsuits
8. Federal Constitutional Lawsuits
IV. The Prison Rape Elimination Act
9. The First Ten Years
10. The National Standards
11. The Future of the American Institution of Prison Rape
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
I. The Extent of Sexual Abuse in Incarceration
1. Recognition of the Prevalence of Sexual Abuse
2. Assessment of the Prevalence of Sexual Abuse
3. Recent Developments
II. The Cost of Sexual Abuse in Incarceration
4. The Suffering of Victims
5. The Cost to Society at Large
6. The Moral Cost to American Society
III. Combating Sexual Abuse in Incarceration through the Courts
7. State and Comparable Federal Lawsuits
8. Federal Constitutional Lawsuits
IV. The Prison Rape Elimination Act
9. The First Ten Years
10. The National Standards
11. The Future of the American Institution of Prison Rape
Notes
Bibliography
Index
