Mental Health Consequences of Sexual Misconduct by Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel among Black Drug-Involved Women in Community Corrections
| Autor: | Phillip L. Marotta, Louisa Gilbert, Jasmine Akuffo, Kristi L. Stringer, Nabila El-Bassel, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Ariel Richer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Substance-Related Disorders Population Poison control Suicide prevention Article 03 medical and health sciences Law Enforcement 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Criminal Law Prevalence medicine Humans Sexual misconduct 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry education Crime Victims Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) education.field_of_study 030505 public health Public health Sex Offenses Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Bullying Criminals Middle Aged medicine.disease Mental health Police humanities Black or African American Urban Studies Mental Health Socioeconomic Factors Female New York City Self Report 0305 other medical science Psychology Criminal justice |
| Zdroj: | J Urban Health |
| ISSN: | 1468-2869 1099-3460 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11524-019-00394-w |
| Popis: | This study examines the prevalence, correlates, and mental health consequences of sexual misconduct by law enforcement and criminal justice (LECJ) personnel. Baseline data for Project E-WORTH (Empowering African-American Women on the Road to Health) were collected between November 2015 and May 2018 from 351 drug-involved Black women from community corrections in New York City. LECJ sexual misconduct was self-reported and we measured mental health outcomes with the CESD-4 and the PTSD Checklist. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed. Approximately 14% of our sample had experienced LECJ sexual misconduct. Participants who reported multiple arrests, recent drug use, and having experienced childhood sexual victimization were more likely to have experienced LECJ sexual misconduct. Further, LECJ sexual misconduct was positively associated with depression and PTSD. These findings suggest that LECJ sexual misconduct is a previously unreported risk factor for adverse mental health outcomes among criminal-legal system-involved women. There is a need for recognition of LECJ sexual victimization among criminal-legal system-involved women. As such, prevention, treatment, and community corrections service delivery for this population should be trauma informed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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