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PREA Data Collection Activities, 2015

NCJ Number
248824
Author(s)
Allen J. Beck
Date Published
June 2015
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This report describes the procedures for data collections and analyses of rapes in prison for 2015 and 2014, in order to meet the requirements of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA), which requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to conduct an annual comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of rapes in prison.
Abstract

Describes the Bureau of Justice Statistics' (BJS) activities to collect data and report on the incidence and effects of sexual victimization in correctional facilities, as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA) (P.L. 108-79). The report summarizes BJS's efforts during 2014 and the first 5 months of 2015, which included analyzing administrative records of sexual victimization in adult correctional facilities based on the Survey of Sexual Violence (SSV), implementing changes to the SSV and completing data collection, and, for the first time, providing estimates of the rates of sexual victimization among transgender inmates. In addition, BJS and its data collection agents, RTI International and Westat, conducted further analyses of previous inmate self-report surveys to provide a more comprehensive understanding of facility- and individual-level indicators of sexual victimization. This report meets the PREA requirement to report on BJS's activities for the preceding calendar year by June 30 of each year.