BOOTY BANDIT - A SOCIAL ROLE IN A JUVENILE INSTITUTION

• NCJ Number: 40045
• Journal: JOURNAL OF HOMOSEXUALITY Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Dated: (1974) Pages: 203-212
• Author(s): C BARTOLLAS; S J MILLER; S DINITZ
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: Haworth Press, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ARTICLE DESCRIBES HOW THE HOMOSEXUAL PECKING ORDER IS ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED IN A JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.

Abstract

THE BOOTY BANDITS ARE OLDER BLACK YOUTHS FROM THE GHETTO WHO AVOID EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THE VICTIMS AND MERELY USE THEM FOR THEIR OWN PHYSICAL MEANS. INDIGNANT ABOUT THEIR OWN EXPLOITATION AT THE HANDS OF WHITE SOCIETY, THEY QUICKLY BECOME SEXUAL EXPLOITERS, USUALLY EXPLOITING PASSIVE WHITES. STAGES IN THEIR CAREERS INCLUDE DEFINING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AS ACCEPTABLE, LEARNING THE APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUE, EXPLOITING SEXUALLY PASSIVE INMATES, AND TERMINATING OR REDUCING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN ORDER TO BE RELEASED. THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AFFECTING SEXUAL EXPLOITATION INCLUDE THE NATURE OF STAFF SUPERVISION, TYPES OF INMATES PLACED IN THE COTTAGE, THE BLACK SUBCULTURE OF THE INSTITUTION, AND THE POWER THAT YOUTH LEADERS HAVE OVER INMATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...BS