Report: Victims of gender violence in prison: breaking the cycle of revictimization

Author:

Several authors

Year:

2023

Summary:

Within the female inprisioned population, there is a high percentage of women who have been victims of family violence in their childhood and adolescence, as well as victims of gender violence through their youth and adulthood.  For all these reasons, the main objective of this study is to analyze the profile of women in prison who have been victims of gender violence when compared with other women also in prison who do not report this type of abusive experience.