1. Justice-Involved, Sexually Victimized Women's Perspectives on the Acceptability of Receiving Trauma-Focused Therapy in Prison.
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Fradley, Marley F., Kathryn Allison, M., Steely Smith, Mollee K., Bossard, MeeSoh, and Zielinski, Melissa J.
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WOUND care ,PSYCHOLOGY of abused women ,CORRECTIONAL institutions ,COUNSELING ,SELF-evaluation ,PRISONERS ,INTERVIEWING ,POST-traumatic stress disorder ,VIOLENCE ,CRIME victims ,PATIENTS' attitudes ,GENDER ,RESEARCH funding ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,SEX crimes ,MENTAL depression ,ANXIETY ,CRIMINAL justice system - Abstract
Incarcerated women report high rates of sexual victimization. Interviews with 63 previously incarcerated women survivors of sexual violence explored perceptions toward receiving trauma-focused therapy while incarcerated and postrelease trauma-focused therapy utilization. Nearly all participants (97%) recommended that trauma-focused therapy be available to incarcerated women. Most believed that prisons are acceptable places to receive trauma-focused therapy, without qualification (65%); some reported mixed feelings or indicated acceptability but identified factors that would increase acceptability (33%). Notably, most were currently experiencing trauma-related symptoms, but few had attended trauma-focused therapy following release. Findings indicate that access to prison-based trauma-focused therapy is necessary and acceptable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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