DEVIANT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN MEN'S PRISONS

• NCJ Number: 14400
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1974) Pages: 38-44
• Author(s): A I IBRAHIM
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

REVIEW OF FACTORS WHICH MAY CAUSE ABNORMAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN PRISONS, CRITICIZING PRISON ATTITUDES WHICH ACCEPT THIS BEHAVIOR AND OFFERING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS.

Abstract

SEVERAL FACTORS IN PRISON SOCIAL STRUCTURE WERE FOUND WHICH COULD PRODUCE ABNORMAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. THE ABSENCE OF WOMEN, THE ACCEPTANCE OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR, THE LACK OF WORK AND RECREATION FACILITIES, OVERCROWDING, LACK OF IDENTIFICATION OF SEX OFFENDERS AND HOMOSEXUALS, AND LACK OF CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND ITS SEXUAL NORMS ARE ALL SEEN AS CONTRIBUTIONG FACTORS. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT PRISON STRUCTURE MUST BE CHANGED TO ALLOW FOR MORE WORK OPPORTUNITIES, GREATER PRIVACY, AND INCREASED EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN PRISONS TO EXPOSE MEN TO THE PRESENCE OF WOMEN. CONJUGAL VISITS AND OVERNIGHT PASSES ARE ALSO SUGGESTED AS MEANS OF REDUCING DEVIANT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR.