Relational Violence in Women's Prison: How Women Describe Interpersonal Violence and Gender

Trammell, Rebecca

doi:10.1080/08974450903224246

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“…Many women who were involved in violent relationships before their incarceration formed new, equally abusive/exploitive romantic relationships with fellow inmates (Alarid 2000). Trammell's (2009a) research provides further discussion of aggressive (though not physically violent) and damaging interpersonal relationships among female inmates. Trammell (2009a) interviewed 33 formerly incarcerated women.…”

Section: Interpersonal Relationships Among Female Inmatesmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Trammell's (2009a) research provides further discussion of aggressive (though not physically violent) and damaging interpersonal relationships among female inmates. Trammell (2009a) interviewed 33 formerly incarcerated women. These women indicated that relational aggression was common in inmates' interpersonal relationships.…”

Section: Interpersonal Relationships Among Female Inmatesmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Several other researchers have explored aggression and interpersonal violence in women's institutions (Alarid 2000, Struckman-Johnson andStruckman-Johnson 2002, Journal of Crime and Justice 119 Blackburn et al 2008, Trammell 2009a. Alarid (2000) examined sexual assault in women's prisons by analyzing the contents of her correspondence with one inmate.…”

Section: Interpersonal Relationships Among Female Inmatesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Rumors and gossip were frequently used to ostracize inmates and damage relationships. Although these behaviors did not involve physical violence, inmates considered them to be aggressive acts (Trammell 2009a). Clearly, relationships between female inmates are not necessarily restricted to loving homosexual dyads or supportive pseudofamilies.…”

Section: Interpersonal Relationships Among Female Inmatesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Clearly, relationships between female inmates are not necessarily restricted to loving homosexual dyads or supportive pseudofamilies. Women contend with a variety of aggressive behaviors in prison (Alarid 2000, Greer 2000, Trammell 2009a.…”

Section: Interpersonal Relationships Among Female Inmatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Interpersonal relationships among inmates and prison violence

Wulf-Ludden

2013

Journal of Crime and Justice

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The present study explored the benefits of having a friend (i.e., an inmate who helped make another inmate a better person) in prison for males and females. Additional qualitative and quantitative analyses explored gender differences in terms of the frequency with which male and female inmates reported having violent physical encounters in prison, gender differences in inmates' reasons for fighting physically, and gender differences between inmates who reported having a close friend and their likelihood of engaging in prison violence. Incarcerated men and women provided similar descriptions of quality friendship; however, men fought more frequently and for different reasons than women did.

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Section: Interpersonal Relationships Among Female Inmatesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Interpersonal Relationships Among Female Inmatesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Interpersonal Relationships Among Female Inmatesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Interpersonal Relationships Among Female Inmatesmentioning

confidence: 98%

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confidence: 99%

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Interpersonal relationships among inmates and prison violence

Wulf-Ludden

2013

Journal of Crime and Justice

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Female Prison Experience

Fehrmann

2019

The Encyclopedia of Women and Crime

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Being incarcerated is an extraordinary experience in an extremely inhospitable and oppressive environment and involves a complex web of problems for prisoners. Both the pre‐institutional interpersonal experiences and identities women bring to prison and the prisons' inherent dilemmas, such as the inmate culture or the coercive nature of staff–inmate relationships, shape how women experience prison and do their time . Along with the feelings of restraint and deprivation that every prisoner encounters, plenty of women face a number of additional “pains of imprisonment” as a result of their unique backgrounds, circumstances, and sex‐ and gender‐specific needs, especially those inmates who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or menstruating. However, female prisoners are a heterogeneous group of individuals with a considerable diversity in characteristics and concerns. Thus, incarceration is experienced in many different ways because certain elements of the correctional setting might be very emotionally charged for some inmates, while for others it may not be significant. Many women actively shape their prison experience, exercising autonomy by choosing particular ways to adapt to their carceral lives, even though imprisonment generally mutes individual agency and rather encourages passivity. Particularly the deficiency of knowledge about female inmates' subjective accounts of prison experiences necessitates a continuing scholarly debate.

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Continuing the Journey: Stigma and Women’s Desistance

Sheppard

2024

Life on the Outside

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Relational Violence in Women's Prison: How Women Describe Interpersonal Violence and Gender

Cited by 22 publications

References 30 publications

Interpersonal relationships among inmates and prison violence

Interpersonal relationships among inmates and prison violence

Female Prison Experience

Continuing the Journey: Stigma and Women’s Desistance

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