Citation

Kerbs JJ, Jolley JM. Crime Delinq. 2007; 53(2): 187-218.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0011128706294119

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Research on the safety and victimization of older prisoners has been limited. This study examines quantitative and qualitative victimization data gathered from face-to-face interviews with 65 male prisoners (ages 50 and above) confined in a state-level prison system. Both victimization rates and narrative descriptions of psychological, property, physical, and sexual inmate-on-inmate episodes are presented. Content analyses suggest that younger prisoners victimize older prisoners and that a majority of older prisoners support the use of age-segregated living arrangements to prevent victimization. Future research is needed to address methodological limitations of this study and others.