Citation

Terry A. Vict. Offender 2023; 18(1): 3-22.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15564886.2022.2114118

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Many victimized young women enter the justice system as a product of their abuses - oftentimes, a result of cultural norms allowing structural violence. Coercive sexual environments create communities that support, and even encourage, sexual abuse of young women. To understand rural CSE pathways in the abuse-to-prison pipeline, interviews with incarcerated young women (n = 16), as well as community stakeholders (n = 50) within a rural state, were conducted.

FINDINGS unveiled many young women feel safer in prison than their abusive rural communities while stakeholders appear ill-equipped to provide services. Practical implications to build resiliency within communities while preventing system-involvement are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

Coercive sexual environments; prison refuge; rural communities