Risk Markers for Sexual Victimization and Predation in Prison

Janet I. Warren, DSW, is Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences in the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Director of the RestoringYouth© program at the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. She is the University of Virginia liaison to the Behavioral Sciences Unit of the FBI and a member of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime Research Advisory Board. She is an associate of Park Dietz and Associates (PD&A) and a practicing psychoanalyst in Charlottesville, Virginia. Shelly L. Jackson, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia. Dr. Jackson was a post-doctoral fellow in the Psychology and Law program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Subsequently, Dr. Jackson was awarded the Society for Research in Child Development Executive Branch Policy Fellowship and membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. For three years she was a Social Science Analyst with the National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice, in the Violence and Victimization division.

1. An Introduction to the Prison Rape Elimination Act 2. Methodology 3. The Sexual Behavior of Incarcerated Men and Women 4. Childhood Adverse Life Experiences and Adolescent Violence as Risk Markers for Sexual Predation and Victimization 5. Community and Institutional Violence as Risk Markers for Sexual Predation and Victimization 6. Patterns of Sexual Adaptation as Risk Markers for Sexual Predation and Victimization 7. Affective and Perceptual States as Risk Markers for Sexual Predation and Victimization 8. Personality Risk Markers for Sexual Predation and Victimization 9. Structured and Actuarial Violence Risk Instruments as Risk Markers for Sexual Predation and Victimization 10. CHAID Classification for Sexual Behavior in Prison 11. Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix A. Assessing Generalizability Appendix B. Training of Interviewers and Reliability of Interview Measures: University of Virginia Coding Team