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Rape is one of the most horrendous acts of violence that can happen to someone. There are many good reasons why people in the United States vote to enact tough laws that punish persons that take part in this unethical act that dehumanizes the victim. It leaves the victim physically and psychologically traumatize, sometime for life. The aftermath of rape can lead to psychological issues like, PTSD, Social Anxiety, Panic Disorder, and depression (Tonisha R. Jones and Travis C. Pratt 2007). Also it can lead health problems like HIV/ADDs and other STDs, also physical injuries that accrue during the violent act that can affect the victim health for life (Tonisha R. Jones and Travis C. Pratt 2007). Rape is define as any penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, by one or more persons against another person without the consent of the victim and, by the means of physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or ageist a person who is not able to valid consent, such as someone who is unconscious, incapacitated, or below the legal age of consent (The FBI federal bureau of investigations CJIS link). So knowing that rape is severely traumatic for the victim, and unethical thing to do to someone, than why do we in society marginalize, or sometimes look the other way when it happens to men and women in prison. In this paper, I am going to summarize current research on what is and what is not currently known about the prevalence of prison sexual violence, also I am going review different strategy that researchers came up with to reduce the amount of sexual victimizations in prison. Finally I am going to review new legislation that addresses this...

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...pping Prison Rape: The Evolution of Standards Recommended by PREA’s National Prison Rape Elimination Commission http://tpj.sagepub.com/content/93/3/335.full.pdf+html Symbolic Violence and Prison Wives: Gender Roles and Protective Pairing in Men’s Prisons http://tpj.sagepub.com/content/91/3/305.full.pdf+html
Beyond the Border: A Comparative Look at Prison Rape in the United States and Canada http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&sid=b3452c33-15b8-4e23-af0f-4d7a45dd395a%40sessionmgr114&hid=105 Male Prison Rape: A Search for Causation and Prevention http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=4&sid=b3452c33-15b8-4e23-af0f-4d7a45dd395a%40sessionmgr114&hid=105 Tonisha R. Jones and Travis C. Pratt September 2007 The Prevalence of Sexual Violence in Prison: The State of the Knowledge http://ijo.sagepub.com/content/52/3/280.full.pdf+html

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