Special Topics in Preventing and Responding to Prison Rape: Medical and Mental Healthcare, Community Corrections Settings and Oversight

Authors

Brenda V. Smith, American University Washington College of LawFollow
Theodis Beck, North Carolina Department of Correction
Michele Deitch, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

12-5-2007

Conference / Event Title

National Prison Rape Elimination Commission (NPREC), Public hearing

Conference / Event Location

New Orleans, LA

Abstract

Hearing transcripts regarding medical and mental health care, community corrections, and oversight related to the prevention of and response to inmate sexual assault. Points of entry are: full transcript; opening remarks; personal accounts; response and treatment—caring for sexual assault victims in correctional and detention facilities; confidentiality and reporting—medical ethics, victim safety, and facility security; sexual violence and community corrections—the special considerations of community-based settings; and best practices and emerging trends—the community corrections field’s response to the Prison Rape Elimination Act. This article contains testimony specifically about the State of North Carolina.

Recommended Citation

Smith, Brenda V.; Beck, Theodis; and Deitch, Michele, "Special Topics in Preventing and Responding to Prison Rape: Medical and Mental Healthcare, Community Corrections Settings and Oversight" (2007). Presentations. 513.
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/pub_disc_presentations/513