Gang members' experiences of victimization and perpetration of rape in prison.

Description

<p>People outside of prison tend to imagine sex in prison as violent gang attacks on defenceless individuals, but in actual fact, sex in prison is more complicated than the isolated gang rapes that take place. For the purpose of this study, the researcher followed the qualitative research approach from a constructivist perspective to understand how participants portrayed or constructed their experiences of victimization and/or perceprion of rape.</p>

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1. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_7518_1241763499

Tags

Victims of crime South Africa

Offenses against the person South Africa

Prison gangs South Africa

Prison violence South Africa.

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:UWC_ETD:http%3A%2F%2Fetd.uwc.ac.za%2Findex.php%3Fmodule%3Detd%26action%3Dviewtitle%26id%3Dgen8Srv25Nme4_7518_1241763499
Date	January 2007
Creators	Albertse, Lizelle.
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis and dissertation
Format	Pdf
Coverage	ZA
Rights	Copyright: University of the Western Cape