TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - "Terrified of a system I didn't understand": reporting staff sexual misconduct against women on parole JO - Feminist criminology A1 - Darcy, Kathleen A1 - Fedock, Gina A1 - Kubiak, Sheryl Pimlott SP - 252 EP - 273 VL - 17 IS - 2 N2 - Incarcerated women experience staff-perpetrated sexual victimization at high rates, yet limited research exists regarding women?s experiences of this victimization while on probation and parole, particularly regarding their formal reporting decisions. This qualitative study explored the formal reporting decisions for 10 women who experienced staff-perpetrated sexual victimization while on parole. Women who formally reported their victimization experiences qualitatively differed from non-reporting women in terms of the dynamics and their identification of victimization (e.g., viewing as support vs. fear) and in the types of structural barriers (e.g., vulnerability and cautionary tales) they encountered. These findings highlight policy, practice, theory, and research directions.

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LA - en SN - 1557-0851 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15570851211045641 ID - ref1 ER -