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7 - Misconduct and Victimization in Prison

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2019

David C. Pyrooz
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
Scott H. Decker
Affiliation:
Arizona State University
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Summary

Despite being highly controlled environments, crime and victimization occur in prisons. According to a report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, eighty-three inmates were the victims of homicide in federal and state prisons in 2014 (Noonan, Rohloff, and Ginder 2016). The homicide rate among inmates reached historic lows in the first decade of the twenty-first century (Mumola 2005), but has crept up in recent years and now exceeds the homicide risk in the general population. Just like on the streets, homicide remains a rare event in prison – for example, the Texas prison system averaged four homicides per year between 2001 and 2014. But this does not mean victimization is rare. Indeed, inmates are subject to a wide variety of types of victimization, including theft, extortion, and robbery.

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Competing for Control
Gangs and the Social Order of Prisons
, pp. 154 - 180
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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