@article{ref1,
title="Female Adjustment to Incarceration as Influenced by Sexual Assault History",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2004",
author="Vik, Peter W. and Islam-Zwart, Kayleen A.",
volume="31",
number="5",
pages="521-541",
abstract="The number of female prisoners is increasing, and many of these women report a history of sexual assault. The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of sexual assault on adjustment to incarceration. Females with a history of childhood and adult sexual assault were expected to show greater initial reaction and slower adjustment to incarceration than women with no history of sexual assault or a history of adult assault exclusively. Female minimum-security inmates (N = 92) at a state prison participated in interviews and completed questionnaires on initial incarceration and 2 weeks later. Results indicated that type of sexual assault history influences adjustment to prison for female inmates initially and after 2 weeks of incarceration.<p />",
language="",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854804267091",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854804267091"
}